nombre
Aragonese
References
- Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “nombre”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN
Asturian
Catalan
Etymology
From Old Occitan nombre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”).
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “nombre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
From Old French nombre, nonbre, from Latin numerus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to assign, allot; take”). Doublet of numéro.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ̃bʁ/
nombre (file)
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.
See also
Further reading
- “nombre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ladino
Middle English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman noumbre and Old French nonbre, from Latin numerus (which some forms are influenced by).
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnumbər/, /ˈnuːmbər/, /ˈnumbrə/, /ˈnuːmər/
Noun
nombre (plural nombres)
- A number; an entity used to describe quantity:
- A digit; a physical representation of a number.
- A counting; an enumeration or a figuring of a quantity.
- A set, group, or bunch; a quantity:
- The totality of a group; the entirety of a group.
- A large group; a multitude or bevy.
- A shape; a geometrical construction.
- Arithmetic; mathematics; the study of numbers.
- The concept of number in grammar.
- (rare) A list or an enumeration of items.
Related terms
References
- “nǒmbre (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-21.
Etymology 2
From Old French nombrer.
Old French
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnom.bɾe/
- Rhymes: -ombɾe
Etymology
From Old Spanish nomne, nomen, from a Vulgar Latin *nōm(i)ne(m), from Latin nōmen[1], from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥.
Noun
nombre m (plural nombres)
Usage notes
In Spanish, it is a bit 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
- (grammar) nombre substantivo, nombre sustantivo, nombre adjectivo, nombre adjetivo, nombre propio, nombre común
Derived terms
Related terms
- nombrar (“to name”)
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: nòmber
Verb
nombre