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vocative

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈvɑkətɪv/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted aceiotvvStarts with VEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. relating to a case used in some languages

Word origin

From Late Middle English [Term?], borrowed from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocātīvus (“for calling”); a calque of Ancient Greek κλητῐκή (klētĭkḗ, “for calling; vocative case”) – from vocāre (“to call”), from Proto-Indo-European *wokʷ-, o-grade of *wekʷ- (“give vocal utterance, speak”). See Latin vōx.

Used in a sentence

  • 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".
  • [T]he two latter will hardly come neither, if they think it will be to hear your whining vocatives.

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