nostro
See also: nòstro
Catalan
Alternative forms
- nostre (standard)
Etymology
Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostros, feminine plural nostres)
Usage notes
- When preceding a noun, the pronoun nostro is always preceded by the appropriate definite article.
This form is found in Balearic, Algherese, and some Eastern dialects.
Declension
| strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |||||
| singular | 1st person |
standard | jo, mi3 | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
| majestic1 | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person |
standard | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu | |
| formal1 | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | ||
| very formal2 | vostè | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | ||
| 3rd person |
m | ell | el, l’ | -lo, ’l | li | -li | seu | |
| f | ella | la, l’4 | -la | li | -li | seu | ||
| n | ho | -ho | li | -li | seu | |||
| plural | ||||||||
| 1st person | nosaltres | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre | ||
| 2nd person |
standard | vosaltres | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre | |
| formal2 | vostès | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | ||
| 3rd person |
m | ells | els | -los, ’ls | els | -los, ’ls | seu | |
| f | 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-.
References
- “nostro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Istriot
Etymology
Adjective
nostro m sg (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
Pronoun
nostro
Related terms
Italian
Etymology
From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnɔs.tro/
- Rhymes: -ɔstro
- Hyphenation: nò‧stro
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Determiner
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- (possessive) our
- i nostri figli ― our children
- le nostre macchine ― our cars
- Cosa Nostra ― the Mafia
- nostro padre ― our father
- (possessive) of ours
- questo nostro parente ― this relative of ours
- (emphatic) our own
- nostro proprio bambino ― our own baby
Pronoun
nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)
- ours
- questa penna è nostra ― this pen is ours
Usage notes
- The use or non-use of the definite article in conjunction with the determiner and possessive pronoun is the same as for mio; see the usage note there.
Noun
nostro m (plural nostri)
See also
Anagrams
Latin
Pronoun
nostrō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster
Old French
Pronoun
nostro m
- (very early Old French) alternative form of nostre
Usage notes
- Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg
Old Galician-Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin nostrum, accusative of noster (“our”).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
nostro m
- (formal, Christianity) Our
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 330 (facsimile):
- madre de deus noſtro ſennor
- Mother of God, our Lord
- madre de deus noſtro ſennor
Usage notes
- only used in the expression "Nostro Senhor" (“Our Lord”)
Synonyms
Descendants
- Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)