nostro

See also: nòstro

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Catalan nostro.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

  1. (Eastern dialectal, Balearics, 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
singular proclitic enclitic proclitic enclitic
1st person jo, mi3 em, m’ -me, ’m em, m’ -me, ’m meu
1st person majestic1 nós ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person tu et, t’ -te, ’t et, t’ -te, ’t teu
2nd person formal1 vós us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person very formal2 vostè el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person masculine ell el, l’ -lo, ’l li -li seu
3rd person feminine ella la, l’4 -la li -li seu
3rd person neuter ho -ho li -li seu
3rd person reflexive si es, s’ -se, ’s es, s’ -se, ’s seu
plural
1st person nosaltres ens -nos, ’ns ens -nos, ’ns nostre
2nd person vosaltres us -vos, -us us -vos, -us vostre
2nd person formal2 vostès els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person masculine ells els -los, ’ls els -los, ’ls seu
3rd person feminine 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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈnɔ.stro/
  • Rhymes: -ɔstro
  • Syllabification: nò‧stro

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

Anagrams

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

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) First-person possessive pronoun. Our

Usage notes

Synonyms

Descendants
  • Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)
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