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Word: Vocative
Speech Type: Adjective
Etymology:
late Middle English: from Old French vocatif, -ive or Latin vocativus, from vocare ‘to call’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvɒkətɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
relating to or denoting a case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages, used in addressing or invoking a person or thing.
Short Definition:of case of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives in Latin and other languages
Word: Vocative
Speech Type: Noun
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈvɒkətɪv
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a word in the vocative case.
Short Definition:word in vocative case
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