In Latin, there are six cases: nominative, genitive, dative, accusative, ablative, and vocative.
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Vocative
//ˈvɑkətɪv//
Synonyms for "vocative" (7 found)
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Related words (3)
Noun(1 words)
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5 entriesTranslations
43 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- κλητικός adj (grammar: used in address)
Arabic
1 entries- نِدَاء adj (grammar: used in address)
Belarusian
1 entries- клі́чны adj (grammar: used in address)
Bulgarian
1 entries- зва́телен adj (grammar: used in address)
Catalan
1 entries- vocatiu adj (grammar: used in address)
Czech
1 entries- vokativní adj (grammar: used in address)
Dutch
1 entries- vocatief adj (grammar: used in address)
Esperanto
1 entries- vokativo adj (grammar: used in address)
Finnish
3 entries- kutsumuksellinen adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- kutsumus adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- vokatiivinen adj (grammar: used in address)
French
3 entries- vocatif adj (grammar: used in address)
- vocationnel adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- apostrophe noun (a vocative expression)
Galician
1 entries- vocativo adj (grammar: used in address)
Georgian
3 entries- მოწოდებითი adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- წოდებითი adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- წოდებითი adj (grammar: used in address)
German
2 entries- aufrufend adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- vokativ adj (grammar: used in address)
Greek
2 entries- κλητικός adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- κλητικός adj (grammar: used in address)
Hindi
2 entries- संबोधित adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- संबोधित adj (grammar: used in address)
Hungarian
1 entries- megszólító adj (grammar: used in address)
Irish
1 entries- gairmeach adj (grammar: used in address)
Japanese
2 entries- 呼格の adj (grammar: used in address)
- 天職の adj (of or pertaining to calling)
Latin
2 entries- vocātīvus adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- vocātīvus adj (grammar: used in address)
Macedonian
1 entries- вокатив adj (grammar: used in address)
Polish
1 entries- wołacz adj (grammar: used in address)
Portuguese
2 entries- vocativo adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- vocativo adj (grammar: used in address)
Russian
3 entries- зва́тельный adj (grammar: used in address)
- зову́щий adj (of or pertaining to calling)
- призыва́ющий adj (of or pertaining to calling)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- gairmeach adj (grammar: used in address)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- vokativan adj (grammar: used in address)
Spanish
1 entries- vocativo adj (grammar: used in address)
Swedish
1 entries- vokativ adj (grammar: used in address)
Ukrainian
1 entries- кли́чний adj (grammar: used in address)
Welsh
1 entries- cyfarchol adj (grammar: used in address)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
The vocative is the case we use when we call or address someone or something.
Source: tatoeba (10027884)
In English, the vocative may be indicated by an addressee–address separation comma, or by the particle O, as in "What is the matter, sir?", "Mother, listen!", or "O Lord".
Source: wiktionary
[T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.
Source: wiktionary
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