comitative case

noun

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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Meanings

nouncomitative case (plural comitative cases)

plural comitative cases

  1. grammarNoun 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.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 共格
  • 共格 (gònggé)case used to denote companionship
Dutch comitatief
  • comitatiefcase used to denote companionship
Estonian kaasaütlev kääne, komitatiiv
  • kaasaütlev käänecase used to denote companionship
  • komitatiivcase used to denote companionship
Finnish komitatiivi, seuranto
  • komitatiivicase used to denote companionship
  • seurantocase used to denote companionship
French comitatif
  • comitatifcase used to denote companionship
German Komitativ
  • Komitativcase used to denote companionship
Hungarian társhatározó eset
  • társhatározó esetcase used to denote companionship
Icelandic samvistarfall
  • samvistarfallcase used to denote companionship
Italian comitativo, caso comitativo
  • comitativocase used to denote companionship
  • caso comitativocase used to denote companionship
Korean 공동격
  • 공동격 (gongdonggyeok)case used to denote companionship
Norwegian komitativ
  • komitativcase used to denote companionship
Portuguese comitativo, caso comitativo
  • comitativocase used to denote companionship
  • caso comitativocase used to denote companionship
Romanian caz comitativ, comitativ
  • caz comitativcase used to denote companionship
  • comitativcase used to denote companionship
Russian комитати́в
  • комитати́в (komitatív)case used to denote companionship
Spanish caso comitativo
  • caso comitativocase used to denote companionship
Swedish komitativ
  • komitativcase used to denote companionship
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APA

comitative case. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comitative%20case

MLA

“comitative case.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comitative%20case. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “comitative case,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/comitative%20case.

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