nôtre

See also: notre and nostre

French

Alternative forms

nostre (obsolete)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin noster.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /notʁ/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Rhymes: -otʁ

Determiner

nôtre (plural nôtres)

(archaic or literary) our; ours

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This form has mostly been replaced by notre; however, it is still in common use in the pronoun le nôtre (“ours”).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

nous

See also

vôtre

Further reading

“nôtre”, 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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