nostro

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See also: nòstro

Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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

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

Usage notes

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  • 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

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References

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  • “nostro” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Istriot

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Etymology

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From Latin noster, nostrum.

Adjective

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

  1. our

Pronoun

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nostro

  1. our, ours
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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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

  1. (possessive) our
    i nostri figliour children
    le nostre macchineour cars
    Cosa Nostrathe Mafia
    nostro padreour father
  2. (possessive) of ours
    questo nostro parentethis relative of ours
  3. (emphatic) our own
    nostro proprio bambinoour own baby

Pronoun

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

  1. ours
    questa penna è nostrathis pen is ours

Usage notes

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  • 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

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nostro m (plural nostri)

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

See also

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Anagrams

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Latin

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Pronoun

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nostrō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster

Old French

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Pronoun

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nostro m

  1. (very early Old French) Alternative form of nostre

Usage notes

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Old Galician-Portuguese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin nostrum, accusative of noster (our).

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

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nostro m

  1. (formal, Christianity) First-person possessive pronoun. Our

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

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Descendants

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  • Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)