Look up gnome, GNOME in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

A gnome is a mythical creature characterized by its extremely small size and subterranean free lifestyle.

GNOME is a desktop environment for computers running Unix and Unix-like operating systems.

Gnome or GNOME may also mean:

Gnome may also be used for:

  • Noldor, one of the tribes of Elves in Tolkien's fictional Middle-earth, called Gnomes in Tolkien's early works
  • Ramón Mercader, a foreign agent of the USSR codenamed GNOME, who assassinated Leon Trotsky
  • GNO/ME, a shell for the Apple IIGS
  • Gnome (comics), a villain appearing in the Marvel Comics series Nightmask