norme
French, noun
norme is spelled N-O-R-M-E (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Norme is a French feminine noun meaning “norm (normal state)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, normé is a different word: “past participle of normer”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractéristique ou comportement généralement attendu d’une personne ou d’une chose”.
What does norme mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininenorm (normal state)
revenir à la norme
- 2
femininenorm (usual or standard way)
selon la norme
- 3
femininenorm
verb
- 1
past participle of normer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractéristique ou comportement généralement attendu d’une personne ou d’une chose. 2. Règle de droit, en particulier écrite (législation, réglementation). 3. Document élaboré par un organisme de normalisation qui tend à une harmonisation à l'échelle au moins nationale dans un domaine particulier. 4. En particulier, normes volontaires
adjective: 1. Relatif à une norme.
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 norme
- normes plural
- normée feminine
- normés masculine plural
- normées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to norme
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is norme in French?
norme appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).