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noun
- (grammar) The vocative case
Translations: - Dutch: aanspreekvorm
- French: vocatif
- German: Vokativ , Anredefall
- Italian: vocativo(it)m
- Spanish: vocativo(es)m
adjective
- Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
- (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: - French: (t, fr, vocatif, m)
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").
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