cognomen
French, noun/kɔɡ.nɔ.mɛn/
cognomen is a French masculine noun meaning “cognomen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Surnom romain qui est situé après le prénom (praenomen) et le patronyme (nomen), et avant le surnom plus…”.
What does cognomen mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecognomen
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Surnom romain qui est situé après le prénom (praenomen) et le patronyme (nomen), et avant le surnom plus particulier (agnomen).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of cognomen
- cognomens plural
- cognom alternative
- cognomina singular
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cognomen?
- /kɔɡ.nɔ.mɛn/
- \kɔɡ.nɔ.mɛn\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cognomen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cognomen in French?
cognomen appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).