nous
French
pronoun
Definitions
- The plural personal pronoun in the first person:
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French nous inherited from Old French nous inherited from Latin nōs (we, us) inherited from Proto-Italic *nōs.
Origin
Proto-Italic
*nōs
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alter Latin
- nos Latin
- nōs Latin
- noi Italian
- nos Spanish, Castilian
- nosotras Spanish, Castilian
- *wéy Proto-Indo-European
- je Old French
- nos Old French
- nous Old French
- ni Esperanto
- nos Catalan, Valencian
- nós Catalan, Valencian
- noi Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nous Middle French
- nos Old Portuguese
- noi Aromanian
- nos Occitan
- *nōs Proto-Italic
- nus Romansh
- nos Asturian
- nós Asturian
- nô Friulian
- nós Old Spanish
- nui Sicilian
- noî Ligurian
- noi Dalmatian
- n Haitian, Haitian Creole
- nou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- nou Mauritian Creole
- numem Mauritian Creole
- i Bourguignon
- nos Sardinian
- nui Istriot
- noi Corsican
- nos Aragonese
- nous Picard
- nou Antillean Creole
- nuēter Emilian
- nuētri Emilian