nombre

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Aragonese

Etymology

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Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name

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Asturian

Verb

(deprecated template usage) nombre

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:etymology at line 147: Old Occitan (pro) is not set as an ancestor of Catalan (ca) in Module:languages/data/2. The ancestor of Catalan is Old Catalan (roa-oca)., from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (to assign, allot; take).

Pronunciation

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

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French

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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/
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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.

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Ladino

Noun

nombre m

  1. name

Middle English

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nombre (plural nombres)

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. A shape; a geometrical construction.
  4. Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
  5. The concept of number in grammar.
  6. (rare) A list or an enumeration of items.
Related terms
Descendants
  • English: number (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: nummer
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Etymology 2

From Old French nombrer.

Verb

nombre

  1. Alternative form of noumbren

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of nonbre

Spanish

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Spanish nomne, nomre, from a Vulgar Latin *nōmine, from Latin nōmen,[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare English noun.

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name
    Hyponym: apellido
    ¿Cuál es tu nombre? — “What is your name?”
    Mi nombre es ‘Carlos’. — “My name is ‘Carlos’.”
  2. (grammar) noun

Usage notes

In Spanish, it is 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.”)

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Descendants

Etymology 2

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.

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