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nom/nɔ̃/

noun · A1 · Frequency 226

nounmasculine

Meanings

  1. name; last name, family name

    Refers to a person's given name or family name.

  2. noun; grammatical term

    Refers to the grammatical category of nouns.

  3. used to form expletive interjections

    Used informally as expletive interjections to strengthen expression.

Examples

  • Le nom de sa nouvelle collègue m'échappe encore.

    I still cannot remember his new colleague's name.

  • Dans cette phrase, « maison » est un nom commun.

    In this sentence, maison is a common noun.

  • Il s'est écrié « nom de Dieu ! » en découvrant la facture.

    He exclaimed, "Good God!" when he saw the bill.

Collocations

  • nom de famillefamily name
  • nom communcommon noun

Common mistakes

  • nom à famille

    nom de famille

    The fixed collocation is “nom de famille”; use the preposition de for a family name, not à.

Related words

  • synonympatronymesurname; patronym

nounmasculine

Meanings

  1. name; last name, family name

    Refers to a person's given name or family name.

  2. noun; grammatical term

    Refers to the grammatical category of nouns.

  3. used to form expletive interjections

    Used informally as expletive interjections to strengthen expression.

Examples

  • Les élèves ont écrit leurs noms sur la feuille de présence.

    The students wrote their names on the attendance sheet.

  • Dans cette phrase, les noms désignent des personnes ou des objets.

    In this sentence, the nouns refer to people or objects.

  • Noms d’une pipe, j’ai encore oublié mon portefeuille !

    Darn it, I forgot my wallet again!

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