Vocative
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvɑkətɪv/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Vocative is an adjective meaning Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
Meaning
Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling or vocation.
More Meanings
- (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.
- (grammar) The vocative case
- (grammar) A word in the vocative case
- (grammar) A vocative expression
- (rare) Something said to (or as though to) a particular person or thing; an entreaty, an invocation.
Example Sentences
[T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.
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".
Word Forms
- vocatives
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vocational, vocoidal, voicey, invocational, voicy, vocalistic.
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