adverbe relatifcommon nounEtymologyexpandsee adverb and relative.Definition1. Adverb used to mark a relative clause. In French, 'où' in 'la ville où j'ai grandi' is an example of a relative adverb. In traditional linguistics, all relatives, including relative adverbs, are called relative pronouns.grammaireexpandHyperonymrelatifTranslationsenglish:relative adverbjapanese:関係副詞