notre

See also: nôtre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old French nostre, from Latin noster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔtʁ/
  • (informal before a consonant) IPA(key): /nɔt/
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Determiner

notre (plural nos)

  1. (possessive) our
    C'est notre maison.
    It's our house.
    Notre Père, qui es aux cieux...
    Our Father, who art in Heaven...

Derived terms

French possessive determiners
possessee
singular plural
m f
possessor singular 1st mon1 ma mes
2nd ton1 ta tes
3rd son1 sa ses
plural 1st notre nos
2nd votre2 vos2
3rd leur leurs
1 Also used before feminine adjectives and nouns beginning with a vowel or mute h.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
For the singular persons there are gender-neutral neologisms man, tan, san. These are extremely rare.

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