nostro

• nostre (standard)

Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

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

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

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

• 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.

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

From Latin noster, nostrum.

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

1. our

nostro

1. our, ours

• vostro

From Latin nostrum, from Proto-Italic *nosteros.

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

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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

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

1. ours

   questa penna è nostra ― this pen is ours

• 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.

nostro m (plural nostri)

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

• loro
• mio
• suo
• tuo
• vostro

• sontro, storno, stornò

nostrō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of noster

nostro m

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

• Used in the Oaths of Strasbourg

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

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

nostro m

1. (formal, Christianity) Our
   • 13th century CE, 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

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

• nosso

• Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)