nostro

See also: nòstro

Catalan

Alternative forms

nostre (standard)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈnɔs.tɾu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈnɔs.tɾo]

Pronoun

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

(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
			strong/subject	proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic	possessive
singular	1st person	standard	jo, mi³	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
	1st person	majestic¹	nós	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
		formal¹	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
		very formal²	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
	3rd person	m	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
		f	ella	la, l’⁴	-la	li	-li	seu
		n		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
plural
	1st person		nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
	2nd person	standard	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
	2nd person	formal²	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	m	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
	3rd person	f	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
adverbial	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)

our

Pronoun

nostro

our, ours

Related terms

vostro

Italian

Etymology

From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɔs.tro/
Rhymes: -ɔstro
Hyphenation: nò‧stro
Audio: (file)

Determiner

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

(possessive) our
i nostri figli ― our children

le nostre macchine ― our cars

Cosa Nostra ― the Mafia

nostro padre ― our father
(possessive) of ours
questo nostro parente ― this relative of ours
(emphatic) our own
nostro proprio bambino ― our own baby

Pronoun

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

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)

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

Anagrams

sontro, storno, stornò

Latin

Pronoun

nostrō

dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster

Old French

Pronoun

nostro m

(very early Old French) alternative form of nostre

Usage notes

Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

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

(formal, Christianity) Our
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 330 (facsimile):
  
  madre de deus noſtro ſennor
  Mother of God, our Lord

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

nosso

Descendants

Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)