nombre

See also: nombré

Aragonese

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. name

References

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “nombre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

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Asturian

Verb

nombre

1. first- and third-person singular present subjunctive of nombrar

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Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nombre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”).

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾe/

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. number, quantity

Derived terms

• nombre abstracte
• nombre atòmic
• nombre cardinal
• nombre complex
• nombre enter
• nombre imaginari
• nombre imparell
• nombre irracional
• nombre natural
• nombre ordinal
• nombre parell
• nombre perfecte
• nombre primer
• nombre racional
• nombre real
• nombre rodó
• nombre sencer

 

Related terms

• nombrós

See also

• número

Further reading

• “nombre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

From Old French nombre, nonbre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”). Doublet of numéro.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃bʁ/

• nombre

  (file)

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. number

Usage notes

The word nombre refers to a quantity or a mathematical concept, e.g. a number of items in a set, real numbers, complex numbers, etc., while its doublet numéro refers to a label made of digits, e.g. a rank, a jersey number, a phone number or a winning lottery number.

See also

• chiffre

Further reading

• “nombre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Ladino

Noun

nombre m

1. name

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Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman noumbre and Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus (which some forms are influenced by).

Alternative forms

• number, noumbre, numbre, numbyr, noumbir, nowmere, numbir, noumber, noumbere, nowmbyre, nowmbre

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnumbər/, /ˈnuːmbər/, /ˈnumbrə/, /ˈnuːmər/

Noun

nombre (plural nombres)

2. A number; an entity used to describe quantity:
   1. A digit; a physical representation of a number.
   2. A counting; an enumeration or a figuring of a quantity.
3. A set, group, or bunch; a quantity:
   1. The totality of a group; the entirety of a group.
   2. A large group; a multitude or bevy.
4. A shape; a geometrical construction.
5. Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
6. The concept of number in grammar.
7. (rare) A list or an enumeration of items.

Related terms

• noumbren
• noumbringe

Descendants

• English: number
  • → Maori: nama
  • → Navajo: námboo
• Scots: nummer

References

• “nǒmbre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.

Etymology 2

From Old French nombrer.

Verb

nombre

1. Alternative form of noumbren

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Old French

Noun

nombre m (oblique plural nombres, nominative singular nombres, nominative plural nombre)

1. Alternative form of nonbre

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾe/
  • Rhymes: -ombɾe

Alternative forms

• n. (abbreviation)
• nonbre (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Spanish nomne, nomen, from a Vulgar Latin *nōm(i)ne(m), from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. name

   ¿Cuál es tu nombre? — “What is your name?”

   Mi nombre es ‘Carlos’. — “My name is ‘Carlos’.”

2. (grammar) noun (sensu lato)

Usage notes

In Spanish, it is a bit more common to use llamarse (“to be called”) to indicate someone’s name:

¿Cómo te llamas? — “What is your name?” (Literally, “What do you call yourself?”)

Me llamo Carlos. — “My name is Carlos.” (Literally, “I call myself Carlos.”)

Derived terms

• (grammar) nombre substantivo, nombre sustantivo, nombre adjectivo, nombre adjetivo, nombre propio, nombre común

Derived terms

• sobrenombre

Related terms

• nombrar (“to name”)

Descendants

• → Papiamentu: nòmber

See also

• apellido m (“surname”)
• llamarse (“to be called”)

Verb

nombre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nombrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nombrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nombrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of nombrar.