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This work concerns the ontological status of the common nouns of French and its sub-classification. We also propose a formulation of the sub-classification by the algebra of Boole.On the basis of the works of Lyons and Peterson, but also Vendler and Kiparsky & Kiparsky, we establish a criterion of the sub-classification : thing, event, fact, proposition.And so we propose following four subclasses:common nouns of thing : voiture(≒car), étudiant(≒student)common nouns of event : découverte(≒discovery), propagation(≒propagation)common nouns of fact : mystère(≒mystery), reconnaissance(≒recognition), conséquence(≒consequence)common nouns of proposition : supposition(≒supposition), souhait(≒wish), probabilité(≒probability), hypothèse(≒hypothesis)For each of the subclasses, we propose following four filtered boolean algebras:NCc = <{x : x ∈ P, x ≤ chose}, 1NCc, 0NCc, ∧NCc, ∨NCc, ’NCc> (where x’NCc = x’NC ∧ chose)NCe = <{x : x ∈ P, x ≤ événement}, 1NCe, 0NCe, ∧NCe, ∨NCe, ’NCe> (where x’NCe = x’NC ∧ événement) NCf = <{x : x ∈ P, x ≤ fait}, 1NCf, 0NCf, ∧NCf, ∨NCf, ’NCf> (where x’NCf = x’NC ∧ fait)NCp = <{x : x ∈ P, x ≤ proposition}, 1NCp, 0NCp, ∧NCp, ∨NCp, ’NCp> (where x’NCp = x’NC ∧ proposition)This formalization reflects the idea of the boolean semantics that all the possible categories possesses the boolean structure, and reconstitutes strictly the proposed sub-classification of the ontological point of view.