vocativo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vo.kaˈti.vo/
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧tì‧vo
Adjective
vocativo (feminine vocativa, masculine plural vocativi, feminine plural vocative)
- vocative
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativi)
- (grammar) vocative, vocative case
Related terms
- vocare
Latin
Adjective
vocātīvō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vocātīvus
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativos)
- (grammar) vocative case (case used when addressing someone)
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bokaˈtibo/ [bo.kaˈt̪i.β̞o]
- Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: vo‧ca‧ti‧vo
Adjective
vocativo (feminine vocativa, masculine plural vocativos, feminine plural vocativas)
- vocative
Derived terms
- caso vocativo
Noun
vocativo m (plural vocativos)
- (grammar) vocative
Further reading
- “vocativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014