Phrase guide

locative case

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

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  • lŏk′ə-tĭv kās′
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌlɒk.ə.tɪv ˈkeɪ̯s/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˌlɔk.ə.tɪv ˈkeɪ̯s/ without the cot–caught merger
  • General-American, cot-caught-merger: /ˌlɑk.ə.tɪv ˈkeɪ̯s/
  • Canada, standard: /ˌlɒk.ə.tɪv ˈkeɪ̯s/
  • Canada, dialectal: /ˌlɑk.ə.tɪv ˈkeɪ̯s/
  • Australian: /ˌlɔk.ə.tɪv ˈkæɪ̯s/
  • New-Zealand: /ˌlɒk.ə.təv ˈkæɪ̯s/
  • Scotland: /ˌlɔk.ə.tɪv ˈkes/
  • Scotland: /ˌlɔk.ʌ.tɪv ˈkes/

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noun

Meaning 1

A case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein; corresponding roughly to English at /by /in /on (preposition).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: grammatical case, case

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

68 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ներգոյական հոլով (nergoyakan holov) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Armenian: ներգոյական (nergoyakan) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Azerbaijani: yerlik hal — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Belarusian: ме́сны склон (mjésny sklon) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Carpathian Rusyn: локал (lokal) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Catalan: cas locatiu — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Chechen: меттигниг дожар (mettignig dožar) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Chinese Mandarin: 方位格 (fāngwèigé) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Czech: šestý pád — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Czech: lokál — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Czech: lokativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Danish: lokativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Dutch: locatief — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Dutch: locativus — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Faroese: staðarfall — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Finnish: lokatiivi — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • French: locatif — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ადგილობითი ბრუნვა (adgilobiti brunva) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ადგილობრივი ბრუნვა (adgilobrivi brunva) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ადგილმდებარეობითი ბრუნვა (adgilmdebareobiti brunva) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ლოკატივი (loḳaṭivi) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Georgian: ლოკატიური ბრუნვა (loḳaṭiuri brunva) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • German: Lokativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Greek: τοπική (topikí) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Greek: τοπική πτώση (topikí ptósi) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Gujarati: સપ્તમી (saptamī) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Icelandic: staðarfall — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Ido: lokativo — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Indonesian: lokatif — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Irish: áitreabhach — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Japanese: 処格 (shokaku) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Kazakh: жатыс септік (jatys septık) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Korean: 처격 (cheogyeok) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Kyrgyz: жатыш (jatış) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Latin: (cāsus) locātīvus — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Latvian: lokatīvs — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Limburgish: landjsval — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Lithuanian: vietininkas — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Māori: tūwāhi — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Norwegian: lokativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Polish: miejscownik — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Portuguese: caso locativo — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Portuguese: locativo — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Romanian: cazul locativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Romanian: locativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Russian: ме́стный паде́ж (méstnyj padéž) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Russian: локати́в (lokatív) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Northern Sami: lokatiiva — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Samogitian: vėitėninks — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Serbo-Croatian: ло̏катӣв — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Serbo-Croatian: lȍkatīv — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Slovak: šiesty pád — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Slovak: lokál — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Slovene: mestnik — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Spanish: caso locativo — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Swedish: lokativ — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Tajik: маҳаллӣ (mahalli) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Telugu: సప్తమీ విభక్తి (saptamī vibhakti) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Turkish: bulunma durumu — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Turkish: bulunma hâli — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Turkish: -de hâli — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Ukrainian: місце́вий відмі́нок (miscévyj vidmínok) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Ukrainian: локати́в (lokatýv) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Uyghur: ئورۇن كېلىش (orun këlish) — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Vietnamese: định vị cách — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Vietnamese: vị trí cách — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein
  • Zazaki: halê menden — case used to indicate place, or the place where, or wherein