locative

[ lok-uh-tiv ]

adjective
  1. (in certain inflected languages) noting a case whose distinctive function is to indicate place in or at which, as Latin domī “at home.”

noun
  1. the locative case.

  2. a word in that case.

Origin of locative

1
1795–1805; locate + -ive, on the model of vocative

Other words from locative

  • un·loc·a·tive, adjective

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British Dictionary definitions for locative

locative

/ (ˈlɒkətɪv) grammar /


adjective
  1. (of a word or phrase) indicating place or direction

  2. denoting a case of nouns, etc, that refers to the place at which the action described by the verb occurs

noun
    • the locative case

    • a word or speech element in this case

Origin of locative

1
C19: locate + -ive, on the model of vocative

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