"locative" meaning in English

See locative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɒkətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɑkətɪv/ [General-American], /ˈloʊkətɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-locative.wav [US]
Etymology: From Latin locātīvus, from locus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|locātīvus}} Latin locātīvus, {{m|la|locus}} locus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} locative (not comparable)
  1. (grammar) Indicating place, or the place where, or wherein. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Grammar Derived forms: locative absolute, locative adverb
    Sense id: en-locative-en-adj-YiMF91rn Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun

IPA: /ˈlɒkətɪv/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈlɑkətɪv/ [General-American], /ˈloʊkətɪv/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-locative.wav [US] Forms: locatives [plural]
Etymology: From Latin locātīvus, from locus. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|locātīvus}} Latin locātīvus, {{m|la|locus}} locus Head templates: {{en-noun}} locative (plural locatives)
  1. (grammar) The locative case. Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical cases Derived forms: cislocative, translocative
    Sense id: en-locative-en-noun-dSVX1yVw Disambiguation of Grammatical cases: 30 70 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 23 77 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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