Vocative

['vɒkətɪv] or ['vɑkətɪv]

Definition

(noun.) the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed.

(adj.) relating to a case used in some languages; 'vocative verb endings' .

Checker: Michelle--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.

(n.) The vocative case.

Editor: Rudolf

Definition

adj. pertaining to the act of calling applied to the grammatical case used in personal address.—n. the case of a word when a person or thing is addressed.

Typist: Oliver