Definitions for plural

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plural plu·ral

Spelling: [ploo r-uh l]

IPA: /ˈplʊər əl/

Plural is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 59 anagrams from letters in plural (allpru).

Definitions for plural

noun

1. the plural number.
2. a form in the plural.

adjective

1. consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
2. pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things.
3. being one of such a plurality.
4. Grammar. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent, as in English men, or more than two referents, as in Old English ge, meaning “you.”.

Origin of plural

1350-1400; Middle English Latin plūrālis, equivalent to plūr-, stem of plūs plus + -alis -al¹

Examples for plural

As GO is a word referring to the game, so its plural gos is.

Obulus, (plural Oboli)—A small coin, about the value of a penny.

Mina, (plural Minæ)—Four pounds, three shillings, four pence.

It existed but in two, and in one of these there was a plural executive.

I do that because it is so much more plural than the plural in this case.

But as a great mentor once told me, the plural of anecdote is not data.

And the plural could be knaidels, or knaidelach, or knaidlach, or knaideluch.

Actually, the issue of plural vs. singular is orthogonal to the dilemma she wants to pose.

Illuminati is the plural of illuminatus, which means “enlightened.”

The plural vexed Temple, and he told himself how unreasonable the vexation was.