nostramo
Catalan
Etymology
Contraction of nostre + amo.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /nosˈtɾa.mo/
- (Central) IPA(key): /nusˈtɾa.mu/
Noun
nostramo m (plural nostramos)
- master (respectful term of address for a landowner)
- (Christianity) Our Lord (respectful title for Jesus Christ)
- (nautical) skipper, boatswain
- Synonym: contramestre
Derived terms
- → Italian: nostromo
Further reading
- “nostramo” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “nostramo”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “nostramo” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.