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vocative

vocative - English

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA: /ˈvɑkətɪv/, /ˈvoʊkətɪv/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈvɒkətɪv/

Adjective

vocative (comparative more vocative, superlative most vocative)

  1. Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
  2. (grammar) Used in address; appellative (said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed). For example "Domine, O Lord"

Translations

Noun

vocative (plural vocatives)

  1. (grammar) The vocative case
  2. (grammar) A word in the vocative case
  3. (rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.

Translations

vocative - Italian

Adjective

vocative

  1. feminine plural of vocativo

vocative - Latin

Adjective

vocātīve

  1. vocative masculine singular of vocātīvus

vocative - Romanian

Noun

vocative n pl

  1. plural of vocativ
Meaning and Definition of vocative
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