nos
French, determiner
nos is spelled N-O-S (3 letters) and appears 537 times per million words in written French, the 150th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nos is a French determiner meaning “plural of notre; our” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, nôs is a different word: “plural of nô”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Première personne du pluriel. Qui sont à nous. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets”.
What does nos mean in English?
determiner
- 1
plural of notre; our
Nos enfants nous rendent souvent visite.
noun
- 1
plural of nô
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
determiner: 1. Première personne du pluriel. Qui sont à nous. Plusieurs possesseurs et plusieurs objets.
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 nos
- notre singular masculine feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to nos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nos in French?
nos appears 537 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).