"oblique case" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: oblique cases [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} oblique case (plural oblique cases)
  1. (grammar) 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. Categories (topical): Grammar, Grammatical cases Synonyms: objective case Derived forms: oblique case constituent Related terms: grammatical case Translations (any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)): πτῶσις πλᾰγία (ptôsis plagía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), թեք հոլով (tʿekʿ holov) (Armenian), косвен падеж (kosven padež) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 間接格 (Chinese Mandarin), 间接格 (jiànjiēgé) (Chinese Mandarin), 斜格 (xiégé) (Chinese Mandarin), objektiv [masculine] (Czech), obliikvisija (Finnish), cas oblique [masculine] (French), cas régime [masculine] (French), abhängiger Fall [masculine] (German), Casus obliquus [masculine] (German), Obliquus [masculine] (German), obliquer Kasus [masculine] (German), πτώση πλαγία (ptósi plagía) [feminine] (Greek), függő eset (Hungarian), aukafall [neuter] (Icelandic), claontuiseal [masculine] (Irish), caso obliquo [masculine] (Italian), 斜格 (shakaku) (alt: しゃかく) (Japanese), casus obliquus [masculine] (Latin), rewşa çemandî (Northern Kurdish), przypadek zależny [masculine] (Polish), caso oblíquo [masculine] (Portuguese), caz oblic [neuter] (Romanian), ко́свенный паде́ж (kósvennyj padéž) [masculine] (Russian), kosi padež [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), caso oblicuo [masculine] (Spanish), cyflwr traws [masculine] (Welsh), halo çewt (Zazaki)
    Sense id: en-oblique_case-en-noun-gnM4k5gg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "word": "obliikvisija"
        },
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "abhängiger Fall"
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          "roman": "ptósi plagía",
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "word": "függő eset"
        },
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          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "aukafall"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "shakaku",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "word": "斜格"
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          "code": "kmr",
          "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "word": "rewşa çemandî"
        },
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          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
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            "masculine"
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          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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            "neuter"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kósvennyj padéž",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ко́свенный паде́ж"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
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          "word": "caso oblicuo"
        },
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cyflwr traws"
        },
        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
          "word": "halo çewt"
        }
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      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʿekʿ holov",
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      "word": "թեք հոլով"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "kosven padež",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "間接格"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiànjiēgé",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "间接格"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiégé",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "斜格"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "obliikvisija"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cas oblique"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cas régime"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "abhängiger Fall"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Casus obliquus"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Obliquus"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "obliquer Kasus"
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ptósi plagía",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πτώση πλαγία"
    },
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      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "ptôsis plagía",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "πτῶσις πλᾰγία"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "függő eset"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "aukafall"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "claontuiseal"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "caso obliquo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しゃかく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shakaku",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "斜格"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "word": "rewşa çemandî"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "casus obliquus"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
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      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "przypadek zależny"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "caso oblíquo"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "caso oblicuo"
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    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cyflwr traws"
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      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "any noun case except the nominative (and vocative)",
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