vocative

== English == === Etymology === From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx. === Pronunciation === (General American) enPR: väk'ətĭv, vōk'ətĭv, IPA(key): /ˈvɑkətɪv/, /ˈvoʊkətɪv/ (Received Pronunciation) enPR: vŏk'ətĭv, IPA(key): /ˈvɒkətɪv/ (Dublin) IPA(key): /ˈvakətɪv/ === Adjective === vocative (comparative more vocative, superlative most vocative) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation. (grammar) Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed. ==== Related terms ==== vocal ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vocative (plural vocatives) (grammar) The vocative case (grammar) A word in the vocative case (grammar) A vocative expression (rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation. ==== Translations ==== === See also === interjection Fiction essentials: vocative expressions, Black Cat Editorial Services == Italian == === Adjective === vocative feminine plural of vocativo == Latin == === Adjective === vocātīve vocative masculine singular of vocātīvus === References === “vocative”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “vocative”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Romanian == === Noun === vocative n pl plural of vocativ