vocative

vocative

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētikḗ, “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) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑkətɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒkətɪv/

Adjective

vocative (comparative more vocative, superlative most vocative)

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). For example "Domine, O Lorde"

Related terms

• vocal

Translations

of or pertaining to calling

Finnish: kutsumuksellinen, kutsumus- French: vocationnel (fr) Greek: κλητικός (el) (klitikós) Hindi: संबोधित (hi) (sambodhit)

Japanese: 天職の (tenshoku-no) Latin: vocātīvus Russian: призыва́ющий (ru) (prizyvájuščij), зову́щий (ru) (zovúščij)

grammar: used in address

Catalan: vocatiu (ca) Czech: vokativní Dutch: vocatief (nl) m Finnish: vokatiivinen French: vocatif (fr) m Georgian: წოდებითი (ka) (c̣odebiti) Greek: κλητικός (el) (klitikós) Ancient: κλητικός (klētikós) Hindi: संबोधित (hi) (sambodhit) Hungarian: megszólító (hu) Irish: gairmeach (ga)

Japanese: 呼格の (kokaku-no) Latin: vocātīvus Macedonian: вокатив m (vókativ) Polish: wołacz (pl) m Portuguese: vocativo (pt) Russian: зва́тельный (ru) (zvátelʹnyj) Scottish Gaelic: gairmeach Serbo-Croatian: vokativan (sh) Spanish: vocativo (es) Swedish: vokativ (sv)

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Arabic: (please verify) مُنَادَى‎ (munādā) , (please verify) نَدَائِيّ‎ (nadāʾiyy) Bulgarian: (please verify) звателен (zvátelen) Dutch: (please verify) roeper (nl) m Hebrew: (please verify) של יחסת פנייה‎ f (šel yakhasat peniyah) Italian: (please verify) vocativo (it)

Serbo-Croatian: (please verify) вокативни, (please verify) vokativni Swedish: (please verify) vokativ (sv) Turkish: (please verify) vokatif (tr) Ukrainian: (please verify) кличний (uk) (klyčnyj)

Noun

vocative (plural vocatives)

1. (grammar) The vocative case

Translations

grammatical case — see vocative case

See also

• interjection

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Italian

Adjective

vocative

1. feminine plural of vocativo

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Latin

Adjective

vocātīve

1. 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

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Romanian

Noun

vocative n pl

1. plural of vocativ