notre

See also: nôtre

French

Alternative forms

nôtre (archaic or literary)

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)

(possessive) our
C’est notre maison.
It's our house.

Notre Père, qui es aux cieux...
Our Father, who art in Heaven...

Derived terms

notredit

Related terms

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	Plural
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon¹	ma	mes
		Second person	ton¹	ta	tes
		Third person	son¹	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre²		vos²
		Third person	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.

Further reading

“notre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

étron, noter, ténor, toner, trône, trôné

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