nombre

See also: nombré

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen.

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name

References

Asturian

Verb

nombre

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nombre, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

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

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

Derived terms

See also

References

French

Etymology

From Old French nombre, nonbre, from Latin numerus. 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.

Derived terms

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Further reading

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish nomre, nomne, from Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen,, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nombre m (Latin spelling)

  1. name

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman noumbre and Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nombre (plural nombres)

  1. A number (entity used to describe quantity)
    1. A digit (written representation of a number).
    2. A count; the enumeration or measurement of a quantity.
  2. A group or quantity (especially if large or in totality)
  3. A shape; a geometrical figure.
  4. Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
  5. (grammar) Grammatical number
  6. (rare) A list or enumeration of items.
Descendants
  • English: number (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: nummer
References

Verb

nombre

  1. Alternative form of nombren

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nombre, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of nonbre

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnombɾe/ [ˈnõm.bɾe]
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  • Rhymes: -ombɾe
  • Syllabification: nom‧bre

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish nomre, nomne, from Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen.

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.”)
Derived terms
Descendants

Verb

nombre

  1. inflection of nombrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References

    Further reading

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