nôtre
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /notʁ/
Audio (Canada): (file) - Rhymes: -otʁ
Determiner
nôtre (plural nôtres)
Usage notes
- This form has mostly been replaced by notre; however, it is still in common use in the pronoun le nôtre (“ours”).
- Predicative use can be encountered in the literary language: cette maison est nôtre, cet enfant est nôtre.
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “nôtre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.