Meanings
nounrelational database (plural relational databases)
plural relational databases
- computingA database consisting of separate tables, having explicitly defined relationships, and whose elements may be selectively combined as the results of queries.
Origin
From the use of relation to denote a set of ordered tuples, i.e. a table in the context of a relational database.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian релационна база данни
- релационна база данни (relacionna baza danni)relational database
Catalan base de dades relacional
- base de dades relacionalrelational database
Czech relační databáze
- relační databázerelational database
Finnish relaatiotietokanta
- relaatiotietokantarelational database
French base de données relationnelle
- base de données relationnellerelational database
German relationale Datenbank
- relationale Datenbankrelational database
Hungarian relációs adatbázis
- relációs adatbázisrelational database
Polish relacyjna baza danych
- relacyjna baza danychrelational database
Romanian bază de date relațională
- bază de date relaționalărelational database
Russian реляционная база данных
- реляционная база данных (reljacionnaja baza dannyx)relational database
Slovak relačná databáza
- relačná databázarelational database
Spanish base de datos relacional
- base de datos relacionalrelational database
Ukrainian реляційна база даних
- реляційна база даних (reljacijna baza danyx)relational database
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APA
relational database. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational%20database
MLA
“relational database.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational%20database. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relational database,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relational%20database.
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