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Pronunciation / Transliteration: hogyeok
"호격은 상대방을 직접 부를 때 쓰는 문법적격이다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The grammatical case used in some languages when addressing a person or thing directly.
"In Latin, the vocative case is often identical to the nominative case, except for second declension masculine nouns ending in -us."
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Designating or relating to a grammatical case used for addressing someone or something directly.
"When he shouted her name across the room, it was used in a vocative capacity."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'vocativus', from 'vocare' meaning 'to call'. It entered English in the late 16th century via Latin grammatical terminology to denote a grammatical case used specifically for addressing a person or thing directly.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vocative" is said worldwide
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vocatif
Transliteration: vokatif
"Le cas vocatif est utilisé pour s'adresser directement à quelqu'un."
Vokativ
Transliteration: vokativ
"Der Vokativ ist der Fall der direkten Anrede."
vocativo
Transliteration: vokativo
"Il vocativo serve per chiamare qualcuno direttamente."
vocativo
Transliteration: bokatibo
"El caso vocativo se emplea para dirigirse a un interlocutor."
vocativo
Transliteration: vokativu
"O vocativo é um termo da oração usado para chamar alguém."
संबोधन कारक
Transliteration: sambodhan karak
"संबोधन कारक का प्रयोग किसी को पुकारने के लिए किया जाता है।"
呼格
Transliteration: hūgé
"拉丁语中有专门的呼格形式。"
호격
Transliteration: hogyeok
"호격은 상대방을 직접 부를 때 쓰는 문법적격이다."
呼格
Transliteration: kokaku
"呼格は直接呼びかけるときに使われる格である。"
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