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)

1. vocative

Noun

vocativo m (plural vocativi)

1. (grammar) vocative, vocative case

Related terms

• vocare

Latin

Adjective

vocātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of vocātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from grammatical Latin vocātīvus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.kaˈt͡ʃi.vo/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐˈti.vu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vu.kɐˈti.vu/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bu.kɐˈti.bu/ [bu.kɐˈti.βu]

• Hyphenation: vo‧ca‧ti‧vo

Noun

vocativo m (plural vocativos)

1. (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)

1. vocative

Derived terms

• caso vocativo

 

Noun

vocativo m (plural vocativos)

1. (grammar) vocative

Further reading

• “vocativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28