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noun 
  1. (grammar) The vocative case
Translations: 
  • Dutch: aanspreekvorm
  • French: vocatif
  • German: Vokativ , Anredefall
  • Italian: vocativo(it)m
  • Spanish: vocativo(es)m
adjective 
  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: 
  • 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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