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nombre

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NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name

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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

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FrenchEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃bʁ/
  • nombre
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NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. 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.

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NounEdit

nombre m

  1. name

Middle EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman noumbre and Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus (which some forms are influenced by).

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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnumbər/, /ˈnuːmbər/, /ˈnumbrə/, /ˈnuːmər/

NounEdit

nombre (plural nombres)

  2. A number; an entity used to describe quantity:
    1. A digit; a physical representation of a number.
    2. A counting; an enumeration or a figuring of a quantity.
  3. A set, group, or bunch; a quantity:
    1. The totality of a group; the entirety of a group.
    2. A large group; a multitude or bevy.
  4. A shape; a geometrical construction.
  5. Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
  6. The concept of number in grammar.
  7. (rare) A list or an enumeration of items.
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DescendantsEdit
  • English: number
  • Scots: nummer
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Etymology 2Edit

From Old French nombrer.

VerbEdit

nombre

  1. Alternative form of noumbren

Old FrenchEdit

NounEdit

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

  1. Alternative form of nonbre

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Spanish nomne, nomen, from a Vulgar Latin *nōmine, from Latin nōmen,[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥. Compare English noun.

NounEdit

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name
    Hyponym: apellido
    ¿Cuál es tu nombre? — “What is your name?”
    Mi nombre es ‘Carlos’. — “My name is ‘Carlos’.”
  2. (grammar) noun

Usage notesEdit

In Spanish, it is 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.”)

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Etymology 2Edit

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.

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ https://www.scribd.com/document/158436269/Diccionario-Critico-Etimologico-castellano-MI-RI-Corominas-Joan-pdf

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