relax
English
/ɹɪˈlæks/
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) To calm down.
- (transitive) To make something loose.
- (intransitive) To become loose.
- (transitive) To make something less severe or tense.
- (intransitive) To become less severe or tense.
- (transitive) To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.
- (intransitive) To become more lenient.
- (transitive) To relieve (something) from stress.
- (transitive) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English relaxen derived from Old French relaxer derived from Latin relaxāre (relax, open, loosen).
Origin
Latin
relaxāre
Gloss
relax, open, loosen
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -a- English
- antirelaxation English
- bronchorelaxation English
- con English
- magnetorelaxometry English
- myorelaxation English
- nonrelaxation English
- overrelax English
- overrelaxation English
- pilorelaxation English
- prerelax English
- relaxable English
- relaxacon English
- relaxase English
- relaxation English
- relaxational English
- relaxative English
- relaxer English
- relaxest English
- relaxeth English
- relaxin English
- relaxographic English
- relaxography English
- relaxometry English
- relaxosome English
- underrelax English
- underrelaxation English
- unrelaxable English
- vasorelaxation English
- relaxationis, relaxatio Latin
- relaxāre Latin
- relaxen German
- rilassare Italian
- relaxer French
- relajar Spanish, Castilian
- relax Spanish, Castilian
- relaxar Portuguese
- リラックス Japanese
- relaks Polish
- relaxen Middle English
- relaxer Old French
- relaxar Catalan, Valencian
- rileks Indonesian
- con
- -a-
- relaxer
- relaxin
- relaxase
- relaxeth
- relaxest
- prerelax
- overrelax
- relaxacon
- relaxable
- underrelax
- relaxative
- relaxation
- relaxosome
- relaxometry
- unrelaxable
- relaxational
- relaxography
- relaxographic
- nonrelaxation
- myorelaxation
- overrelaxation
- vasorelaxation
- antirelaxation
- pilorelaxation
- underrelaxation
- bronchorelaxation
- magnetorelaxometry