English - Etymology

Late Middle English, from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocativus (“calling”), from vocatus (“invocation”), from vocare (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wek-, *wekʷ-, *wokʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.

English - Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑkətɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒkətɪv/

English - 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; as, Domine, O Lord.

Translations

English - Noun

vocative (plural vocatives)

1. (grammar) The vocative case

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English - See Also

• interjection

Italian - Adjective

vocative

1. feminine plural of vocativo

Latin - Adjective

vocātīve

1. vocative masculine singular of vocātīvus

Romanian - Noun

vocative n pl

1. plural form of vocativ

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