English

Etymology
Late Middle English < from Middle French vocatif < Latin vocativus ("calling") < vocatus ("invocation") < vocare ("to call") < Proto-Indo-European base *wek- ("give vocal utterance", "speak").

Adjective
en-adj

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
trans-top|of or pertaining to calling
Finnish: t|fi|kutsumuksellinen
French: t|fr|vocationnel
Greek: t|el|κλη�ικ��||trklitikós|scGrek
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Japanese: t|ja|天��|trtenshoku-no|scJpan
Russian: t|ru|п�из�ва��ий||trprizyvájuš'ij|scCyrl, t|ru|зов��ий||trzovúš'ij|scCyrl
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trans-top|grammar: used in address
Croatian: t-|hr|vokativan
Finnish: t|fi|vokatiivinen
French: t|fr|vocatif|m
Greek: t|el|κλη�ικ��||trklitikós|scGrek
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Japanese: t|ja|�格�|trkokaku-no|scJpan
Russian: t|ru|зва�ел�н�й||trzvátel'nyj|scCyrl
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trans-top|Translations to be categorised
ttbc|Arabic: ��اد�|����اد�� (muná�da), �دائ�|��د�ائ��� (nadá��i)
ttbc|Bulgarian: зва�елен (zvátelen)
ttbc|Hebrew: ש� ��סת פנ��� (šel yakhasat peniyah) f
ttbc|Hungarian: megszólító
ttbc|Italian: vocativo
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ttbc|Latin: vocativus
ttbc|Portuguese: vocativo
ttbc|Serbian: вока�ивни (vokativni)
ttbc|Spanish: vocativo
ttbc|Swedish: vokativ
ttbc|Turkish: vokatif
ttbc|Ukrainian: кли�ний (kly�nyj)
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Noun
en-noun

1. grammar The vocative case

Translations
trans-top|grammatical case
Arabic: ص�غة ا���اد�|ص��غ�ة� ا�����اد�� (IPA|�í�ɣatu l-muná�da) f
Bulgarian: зва�елен падеж (zvátelen padéž) m
Croatian: t-|hr|vokativ|m
Czech: t-|cs|vokativ|m, t-|cs|pátý pád|m
Dutch: aanspreekvorm m
Finnish: vokatiivi, puhuttelusija
French: vocatif m
German: Vokativ m, Anredefall m
Greek: t|el|κλη�ική|f|trklitikí|scGrek
Hebrew: ��סת פנ��� (yakhasat peniyah) f
Hungarian: t+|hu|megszólító eset
Icelandic: t+|is|ávarpsfall|n
Italian: t-|it|vocativo|m
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Japanese: t|ja|�格|trkokaku|scJpan
Latin: casus vocativus m
Latvian: vokatīvs m
Portuguese: t-|pt|vocativo|m
Romanian: t-|ro|vocativ|n
Russian: t-|ru|зва�ел�н�й падеж|m|trzvátel'nyj padéž|scCyrl
Serbian: вока�ив (vokativ) m
Slovak: piaty pád m, vokatív m
Spanish: t-|es|vocativo|m
Swedish: t-|sv|vokativ
Turkish: vokatif
Ukrainian: кли�ний в�дм�нок (kly�nyj vidminok) m
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See also
interjection

Italian

Adjective
vocative f

1. Feminine plural form of vocativo

Category:Italian adjective forms

Romanian

Noun
ro-pl|vocativ|gend=n

1. vocatives

fr:vocative
io:vocative
pl:vocative
ru:vocative
te:vocative
vi:vocative
tr:vocative
zh:vocative

• 2007-12-20 00:14 - Tbot - added t for fr, hu

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