allocutive

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English

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Adjective

allocutive (not comparable)

  1. (grammar) Relating to the marking of addressees in the grammar of a sentence whether or not they are actants in it.

Usage notes

  • Originally pertaining to Basque gender marking, then extended to similar phenomena in some other languages.

Italian

Adjective

allocutive

  1. feminine plural of allocutivo