vocatif — meaning in English
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English meaning
- vocative adj Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
Senses
vocatif is used for these senses in English:
- vocative Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
- vocative (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.
- vocative case (grammar) case of address, case used for a noun identifying the person or thing being addressed. It corresponds to the archaic English particle "O" as used in solemn or poetic address e.g.: Hear me, O Albion! Languages that regularly employ the vocative include Arabic, Bengali, Bulgarian, Czech, Georgian, Greek, Hawaiian, Hindi-Urdu, Irish, Latin, Latvian, Lithuanian, Ojibwe, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Ruthenian/Rusyn, Sanskrit, Scottish Gaelic, Serbo-Croatian, Slovak, Tamil and Ukrainian.
vocative — full definition
- adj Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
- adj Used in address; appellative; said of the case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective by which a person or thing is addressed.