Phrase guide

comitative case

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Noun case used to denote companionship. In English, this is usually expressed by the prepositional phrase in company with, together with or with, as in "with the house." Languages that use the comitative case include Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, Inari Sami, Northern Sami, Skolt Sami, and Quechua. It is also found in many Australian Aboriginal languages, where it is commonly used to form names of places and languages.

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23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 共格 (gònggé) — case used to denote companionship
  • Dutch: comitatief — case used to denote companionship
  • Estonian: kaasaütlev kääne — case used to denote companionship
  • Estonian: komitatiiv — case used to denote companionship
  • Finnish: komitatiivi — case used to denote companionship
  • Finnish: seuranto — case used to denote companionship
  • French: comitatif — case used to denote companionship
  • German: Komitativ — case used to denote companionship
  • Hungarian: társhatározó eset — case used to denote companionship
  • Icelandic: samvistarfall — case used to denote companionship
  • Italian: comitativo — case used to denote companionship
  • Italian: caso comitativo — case used to denote companionship
  • Korean: 공동격 (gongdonggyeok) — case used to denote companionship
  • Mongolian: хамтрахын тийн ялгал (xamtraxyn tiin jalgal) — case used to denote companionship
  • Mongolian: хамтрах (xamtrax) — case used to denote companionship
  • Norwegian: komitativ — case used to denote companionship
  • Portuguese: comitativo — case used to denote companionship
  • Portuguese: caso comitativo — case used to denote companionship
  • Romanian: caz comitativ — case used to denote companionship
  • Romanian: comitativ — case used to denote companionship
  • Russian: комитати́в (komitatív) — case used to denote companionship
  • Spanish: caso comitativo — case used to denote companionship
  • Swedish: komitativ — case used to denote companionship