nombre

See also: nombré

Aragonese

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen.

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. name

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Asturian

Verb

nombre

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

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan nombre, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

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

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

Derived terms

See also

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French

Etymology

From Old French nombre, nonbre, from Latin numerus. Doublet of numéro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /nɔ̃bʁ/
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Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number

Usage notes

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.

Derived terms

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish nomre, nomne, from Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen,, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.

Noun

nombre m (Latin spelling)

  1. name

Middle English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman noumbre and Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

nombre (plural nombres)

  1. A number (entity used to describe quantity)
    1. A digit (written representation of a number).
    2. A count; the enumeration or measurement of a quantity.
  2. A group or quantity (especially if large or in totality)
  3. A shape; a geometrical figure.
  4. Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
  5. (grammar) Grammatical number
  6. (rare) A list or enumeration of items.
Descendants
  • English: number (see there for further descendants)
  • Scots: nummer
References

Verb

nombre

  1. Alternative form of nombren

Occitan

Etymology

From Old Occitan nombre, from Latin numerus.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

nombre m (plural nombres)

  1. number, quantity

Old French

Noun

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

  1. Alternative form of nonbre

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈnombɾe/ [ˈnõm.bɾe]
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  • Rhymes: -ombɾe
  • Syllabification: nom‧bre

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Old Spanish nomre, nomne, from Vulgar Latin *nōminem, restructured from Latin nōmen.

Noun

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 notes

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.”)
Derived terms
Descendants

Verb

nombre

  1. inflection of nombrar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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