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plural form

plural form

1 1.6
A change in a word that shows more than one person or thing
  • noun
  • /ˈplʊrəl fɔrm/
translation icon : forma plural
  • The singular and plural forms of some common features and their associated females are:
  • singular and plural form

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Examples

  • For instance, if the French word for horse, cheval, takes plural form as chevaux, why shouldn't chapelle be made plural as chapeaux?

    Academic text (2002)

  • However, 'Mayan' is becoming more common, and 'Mayans' is the plural form.

    Blog text (27)

  • You can see all of the plural forms are the same in all instances.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • Yes it is, it's the plural form of literal.

    Bloodrunners (2017)

  • Elohim is the plural form.

    Blog text (3)

  • In French, words sound the same in their singular and plural forms, but many are written differently.

    Academic text (1997)

  • The plural form indicates that the portrayed individual stands for Zimbabweans.

    Academic text (2010)

  • We're doing our first mini text and all dative plural forms end in umm.

    MIT OpenCourseWare

  • For those who forgot their Latin, haruspices is the correct plural form in Latin. They were wise priests in ancient Rome who could divine the future from the entrails of animals.

    Blog text (16)

  • In English, the plural form of 'child' is 'children.'

Synonyms

plural
vsplural form
12 1.0

A form of a word that shows more than one thing, like nouns and pronouns

is the general term for forms indicating more than one

Antonyms

singular form
  • Specialized
1.8

The form of a word used for one person or thing

Surface Forms

plural form singular
plural forms plural

Morphology

plural + form

The meaning follows directly from combining 'plural' (used for multiple items) with 'form' (a variant or shape), so a B1 learner who knows both words can infer it denotes the variant used for plural contexts. Although localization introduces technical details about categories and selection rules, the basic concept is compositionally transparent and cross-linguistically common.

Etymology

Plural form comes from the simple idea of showing 'more than one' by changing a word. Often this meant adding -s or -es, so the term now means the word form used for more than one thing.