dobre

See also: dobré and dobře

Galician

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	2	3  →
Cardinal (standard / feminine): dúas     Cardinal (reintegrationist / feminine): duas     Cardinal (masculine): dous     Ordinal: segundo     Ordinal abbreviation: 2º     Multiplier (standard): (noun) dobre     Multiplier (reintegrationist): (noun) dobro     Multiplier: (adjective) duplo     Fractional (standard): (adjective) medio     Fractional (reintegrationist): (adjective) meio     Fractional: (noun) metade
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Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin dūplus or duplex (or a derivative of them). Compare Portuguese dobro. For the final '-e' instead of '-o', see Spanish doble.

Alternative forms

• dobro (reintegrationist)

Adjective

dobre m or f (plural dobres)

1. double

Related terms

• dobrar

Etymology 2

Verb

dobre

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

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbrɛ/, [ˈdɔbrə]

Noun

dobre n

1. good

Declension

Declension of dobre

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	dobre
Genitive	dobrego
Dative	dobremu
Accusative	dobre
Instrumental	dobrym
Locative	dobrem

Adjective

dobre

1. inflection of dobry:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative singular
   2. nominative/accusative plural

Further reading

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “dobre”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Polish

Etymology

From dobry +‎ -e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.brɛ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbrɛ
• Syllabification: do‧bre
• Homophone: Dobre

Noun

dobre n

1. (nominalized, literary) good, goodness (that which is in accordance with the principles of morality, ethics, and religion)

   Synonym: dobro

   Antonym: złe

2. (nominalized, literary) good (that which is beneficial to someone)

   Antonym: złe

Declension

Declension of dobre

	singular	plural
nominative	dobre	dobre
genitive	dobrego	dobrych
dative	dobremu	dobrym
accusative	dobre	dobre
instrumental	dobrym	dobrymi
locative	dobrym	dobrych
vocative	dobre	dobre

Adjective

dobre

1. inflection of dobry:
   1. neuter nominative/accusative/vocative singular
   2. nonvirile nominative/accusative/vocative plural

Further reading

• dobre in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• dobre in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔ.bɾɨ/ [ˈdɔ.βɾɨ]

• Hyphenation: do‧bre

Verb

dobre

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

Noun

dobre m (plural dobres)

1. (dominoes) double (tile where both ends have the same value):

   Bora começar com um dobre de sena.

   Let's start off with a double-six.

Slovak

Etymology

From dobrý (“good”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɔbrɛ/

Adverb

dobre (comparative lepšie, superlative najlepšie)

1. well

   Maj sa dobre! ― Be well!

2. good

   Ako sa máš? Ďakujem, dobre. ― How are you? Good, thanks

3. thank goodness

   Dobre, že neprší! ― Thank goodness, it's not raining.

Further reading

• “dobre”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024