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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

nom.

name

3 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/nɔ̃/Paris/nõʊ̯̃/Quebec

  1. name

    masculine
    Quel est votre nom ?

  2. name last name, family name

    especially · masculine
    Votre nom et prénom, s'il vous plaît.

  3. name forms expletive interjections

    masculine
    Nom de Dieu !

  4. noun

    masculine
    Le mot « copain » est un nom.

  5. noun or adjective; used in nom adjectif and nom substantif

    dated · masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French nom (whence Norman nom), from Latin nōmen (whence Italian and Portuguese nome; Spanish nombre), from Proto-Italic *nomən, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ (whence Ancient Greek ὄνομα (ónoma), Russian и́мя (ímja), Sanskrit नामन् (nā́man), English name).

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