interrelation

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én

Proto-Indo-European *-tér

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér

Proto-Italic *n̥ter

Latin inter

Latin inter-bor.

English inter-

English relation

English interrelation

From inter- + relation.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌɪn.tɚ.ɹɪˈleɪ.ʃən/, /ˌɪn.tɚ.ɹəˈleɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

interrelation (countable and uncountable, plural interrelations)

1. Mutual or reciprocal relation.

   Synonyms: correlation, interrelationship

   • 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 341:

     The sum total of their acts forms a pattern of diachronic historical laws, describing the transition from one social system to the next, and also functional laws showing the interrelation of such features as technology, forms of property, class barriers, state institutions, and ideology.

Derived terms

• interrelational

Translations

mutual or reciprocal relation; correlation

• Catalan: interrelació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 相互關係 / 相互关系 (zh) (xiānghù guānxì)

• French: interrelation (fr) f
• German: Zusammenhang (de) m
• Indonesian: interelasi (id)
• Italian: interrelazione (it) f
• Japanese: 相互関係 (そうごかんけい, sōgo-kankei)
• Portuguese: inter-relação f
• Russian: взаимосвя́зь (ru) f (vzaimosvjázʹ), соотноше́ние (ru) n (sootnošénije)
• Spanish: interrelación (es) f

French

Noun

interrelation f (plural interrelations)

1. interrelation

Further reading

• “interrelation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012