- (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed.
- of, relating to, or used in calling, specifying, or addressing.
- the vocative case.
- a word in the vocative, as Latin Paule “O Paul.”
- relating to, used in, or characterized by calling
- denoting a case of nouns, in some inflected languages, used when the referent of the noun is being addressed
- grammar
- the vocative case
- a vocative noun or speech element
