vocatif
French, noun/vɔ.ka.tif/
vocatif is a French masculine noun meaning “vocative, vocative case” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dans les langues à déclinaisons, cas dont on se sert quand on adresse la parole à quelqu’un”.
What does vocatif mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevocative, vocative case
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Dans les langues à déclinaisons, cas dont on se sert quand on adresse la parole à quelqu’un. 2. Fonction vocative ; fonction énonciative (ou fonction syntaxique) d’appel de l’allocutaire remplie généralement par un terme d’adresse.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of vocatif
- vocatifs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce vocatif?
- /vɔ.ka.tif/
- \vɔ.ka.tif\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to vocatif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is vocatif in French?
vocatif appears about once in every 14 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).