nombre

See also: nombré

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AsturianEdit

VerbEdit

nombre

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of nombrar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of nombrar

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Provençal nombre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”).

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾe/

NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. number, quantity

Related termsEdit

• nombrós

See alsoEdit

• número

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old French nombre, nonbre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”).

PronunciationEdit

• nombre

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• IPA^(key): /nɔ̃bʁ/

NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. number

   Voilà mon numéro. ― Here's my number.

Usage notesEdit

The word nombre refers to a quantity or a mathematical concept, e.g. a number of items in a set, real numbers, complex numbers, etc., while its doublet numéro refers to a label made of digits, e.g. a rank, a jersey number, a phone number or a winning lottery number.

See alsoEdit

• numéro
• chiffre

Further readingEdit

• “nombre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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LadinoEdit

NounEdit

nombre m

1. name

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Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

nombre m (oblique plural nombres, nominative singular nombres, nominative plural nombre)

1. Alternative form of nonbre

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SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈnom.bɾe/
  • Rhymes: -ombɾe

Alternative formsEdit

• n. (abbreviation)
• nonbre (obsolete)

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish nomne, nomen, from a Vulgar Latin *nōmine(m), from Latin nōmen, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

1. name

   ¿Cuál es tu nombre? — “What is your name?”

   Mi nombre es ‘Carlos’. — “My name is ‘Carlos’.”

2. (grammar) noun (sensu lato)

Usage notesEdit

In Spanish, it is a bit more common to use llamarse (“to be called”) to indicate someone’s name:

¿Cómo te llamas? — “What is your name?” (Literally, “What do you call yourself?”)

Me llamo Carlos. — “My name is Carlos.” (Literally, “I call myself Carlos.”)

Derived termsEdit

• (grammar) nombre substantivo, nombre sustantivo, nombre adjectivo, nombre adjetivo, nombre propio, nombre común

Derived termsEdit

• sobrenombre

Related termsEdit

• nombrar (“to name”)

See alsoEdit

• apellido m (“surname”)
• llamarse (“to be called”)

VerbEdit

nombre

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of nombrar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of nombrar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of nombrar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of nombrar.

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