# nostro
## Catalan
### Alternative forms

* nostre (standard)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan nostro.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈnɔs.tɾu]
* IPA: (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

| | strong/subject | weak (direct object) | weak (direct object) | weak (indirect object) | weak (indirect object) | possessive |
| singular | | proclitic | enclitic | proclitic | enclitic | |
| 1st person | jo, mi$^3$ | em, m’ | -me, ’m | em, m’ | -me, ’m | meu |
| 1st person majestic$^1$ | nós | ens | -nos, ’ns | ens | -nos, ’ns | nostre |
| 2nd person | tu | et, t’ | -te, ’t | et, t’ | -te, ’t | teu |
| 2nd person formal$^1$ | vós | us | -vos, -us | us | -vos, -us | vostre |
| 2nd person very formal$^2$ | 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 formal$^2$ | 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. | $^{1)}$ Behaves grammatically as plural. $^{2)}$ Behaves grammatically as third person. | $^{1)}$ 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-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ Only as object of a preposition. $^{4)}$ Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. | $^{3)}$ 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: /ˈnɔ.stro/
* 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.

### See also

* loro
* mio
* suo
* tuo
* vostro

### 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: /ˈnɔs̺.tɾo/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈnɔs̺.tɾʊ/

### Pronoun

nostro m
* (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

#### Usage notes

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

#### Synonyms

* nosso

#### Descendants

* Galician: nostro (dialectal, proscribed)