notoir
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch notoir, notoor, from Middle French notoire, from Late Latin nōtōrius. The pronunciation with /oː/ in the second syllable may reflect the pronunciation of oi in Middle French (compare also the pronunciation of Charlois in Dutch).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /noːˈtʋaːr/, /noːˈtoːr/
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Adjective
notoir (comparative notoirder, superlative notoirst)
Declension
| Declension of notoir | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | notoir | |||
| inflected | notoire | |||
| comparative | notoirder | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | notoir | notoirder | het notoirst het notoirste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | notoire | notoirdere | notoirste |
| n. sing. | notoir | notoirder | notoirste | |
| plural | notoire | notoirdere | notoirste | |
| definite | notoire | notoirdere | notoirste | |
| partitive | notoirs | notoirders | — | |
Derived terms
- notoriteit