nostro

See also: nòstro

Catalan

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

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

  1. (Eastern dialectal, Balearic, 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
  • Hyphenation: nò‧stro
  • Audio(file)

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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