nostro

See also: nòstro

Catalan

Alternative forms

• nostre (standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɔs.tɾu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnɔs.tɾo]

Pronoun

nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostros, feminine plural nostres)

1. (Eastern dialectal, Balearic, Alghero) our, ours

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

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

			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

From Latin noster, nostrum.

Adjective

nostro m sg (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)

1. our

Pronoun

nostro

1. our, ours

Related terms

• vostro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɔ.stro/
• Rhymes: -ɔstro
• Hyphenation: nò‧stro

• Audio:

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Determiner

nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)

1. (possessive) our

   i nostri figli ― our children

   le nostre macchine ― our cars

   Cosa Nostra ― the Mafia

   nostro padre ― our father

2. (possessive) of ours

   questo nostro parente ― this relative of ours

3. (emphatic) our own

   nostro proprio bambino ― our own baby

Pronoun

nostro (feminine nostra, masculine plural nostri, feminine plural nostre)

1. 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)

1. ours, our own
2. (in the plural) our possessions, friends, relatives etc.

See also

• loro
• mio
• suo
• tuo
• vostro

Anagrams

• sontro, storno, stornò

Latin

Pronoun

nostrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster

Old French

Pronoun

nostro m

1. (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

• (Galicia) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs̺.tɾo/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs̺.tɾʊ/

Pronoun

nostro m

1. (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

Usage notes

• only used in the expression "Nostro Senhor" (“Our Lord”)

Synonyms

• nosso

Descendants

• Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)