Phrase guide

oblique case

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Any noun case except the nominative case (and sometimes the vocative case), where the noun is the object of a verb or the object of a preposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: objective case

Antonyms: direct case

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noun

Meaning 2

any grammatical case other than the nominative

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: oblique

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: case, grammatical case

Narrower terms: accusative, accusative case, objective case, dative, dative case, genitive, genitive case, possessive, possessive case, vocative, vocative case, ablative, ablative case

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

32 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: թեք հոլով (tʻekʻ holov) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Bulgarian: косвен падеж (kosven padež) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Catalan: cas oblic — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 間接格 /间接格 (jiànjiēgé) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斜格 (xiégé) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Czech: objektiv — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Finnish: obliikvisija — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • French: cas oblique — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • French: cas régime — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • German: abhängiger Fall — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • German: Casus obliquus — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • German: Obliquus — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • German: obliquer Kasus — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Greek: πτώση πλαγία (ptósi plagía) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Ancient Greek: πτῶσις πλᾰγία (ptôsis plăgía) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Hungarian: függő eset — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Icelandic: aukafall — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Irish: claontuiseal — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Italian: caso obliquo — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Japanese: 斜格 (shakaku) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Northern Kurdish: rewşa çemandî — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Latin: casus obliquus — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Polish: przypadek zależny — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Portuguese: caso oblíquo — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Romanian: caz oblic — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Russian: ко́свенный паде́ж (kósvennyj padéž) — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Serbo-Croatian: kosi padež — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Upper Sorbian: wotwisny pad — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Spanish: caso oblicuo — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Swedish: oblikt kasus — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Welsh: cyflwr traws — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)
  • Zazaki: halo çewt — any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)