nostre
Catalan
Alternative forms
- nostro (dialectal)
Etymology
From Old Catalan nostre, from Latin noster, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.tɾə/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.tɾe/
Pronoun
nostre m or f (plural nostres)
- our, ours
Usage notes
When preceding a noun, the pronoun nostre is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
Declension
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | ||||
| 1st person | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu | ||
| 1st person majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | ||
| 2nd person formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person neuter | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| 2nd person formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person masculine | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person feminine | elles | les | -les | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person reflexive | si | es, s’ | -se, ’s | es, s’ | -se, ’s | seu | ||
| adverbial | ||||||||
| ablative/genitive | en, n’ | -ne, ’n | ||||||
| locative | hi | -hi | ||||||
| 1) Behaves grammatically as plural. 2) Behaves grammatically as third person. | 3) Only as object of a preposition. 4) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | |||||||
Determiner
nostre m or f (plural nostres)
- (archaic, dialectal) our
Usage notes
The use of nostre and the other possessive determiners is mostly archaic in the majority of dialects, with articulated possessive pronouns (e.g. el meu) mostly being used in their stead. However, mon, ton, and son are still widely used before certain nouns referring to family members and some affective nouns, such as amic, casa, and vida. Which nouns actually find use with the possessive determiners depends greatly on the locale.
References
- “nostre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “nostre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “nostre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “nostre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔtʁ/
Determiner
nostre (plural nostres)
- Archaic spelling of notre.
Anagrams
- nôtres, seront, ténors, toners, trônes
Interlingua
Determiner
nostre
- (possessive) our
Italian
Etymology
Inherited from Latin nostrās, accusative feminine plural of noster, also used as the nominative in Proto-Romance.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.stre/
- Rhymes: -ɔstre
- Hyphenation: nò‧stre
Pronoun
nostre f pl
- feminine plural of nostro
Anagrams
- sterno
Old French
Etymology
From Latin noster, nostrum, nostra(m).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.trə/
Pronoun
nostre (singular, plural noz or nos)
- our
Declension
| Number | Case | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Subject | nostres | nostre | nostre |
| Oblique | nostre | nostre | nostre | |
| Plural | Subject | nostre | nostres, noz or nos | nostre |
| Oblique | nostres, noz or nos | nostres, noz or nos | nostre |
Descendants
- French: notre, nôtre
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin noster, nostrum.
Pronoun
nostre m (feminine nostra, apocopic form nostr')
- our
Descendants
- Occitan: nòstre
Tarantino
Pronoun
nostre (possessive)
- feminine singular of nuestre