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noun, masculine

nom

/nɔ̃/

noun, masculine/nɔ̃/plural: noms

nom is masculine in French.

name; noun; noun or adjective; used in nom adjectif and nom substantif

“Quel est votre nom ?” — What is your name?

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).