Definitions for plurals

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plurals plu·ral

Spelling: [ploo r-uh l]

IPA: /ˈplʊər əl/

Plurals is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 134 anagrams from letters in plurals (allprsu).

Definitions for plurals

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 plurals

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

Examples for plurals

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.