plural

See also: Plural and plurál

plural - English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈplɔː.ɹəl/
    • (obsolete) IPA: /ˈpljʊə.ɹəl/
  • (General American) IPA: /ˈplʊɚ.əl/, /ˈplɝ.əl/

Adjective

plural (comparative more plural, superlative most plural)

  1. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
    • The notion of culture is one whose meanings are plural and shifting.
  2. (grammar) In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
    • English nouns usually have singular and plural forms.
  3. (comparable) Pluralistic.
  4. (psychology, informal, not comparable, of a person) Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.

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Derived terms

Translations

Noun

plural (plural plurals)

  1. (grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.
  2. (grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.
    • The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.
  3. (psychology, informal, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.

Usage notes

  • Many languages have singular for one item and plural for more than one item. Some languages also have a dual form for two, a trial form for three, or a paucal form for several (e.g. Fijian). Other languages do not distinguish any of these categories.
  • While the plural form generally refers to two or more persons or things, that is not always the case. The plural form is often used for zero persons or things, for fractional things in a quantity that is not equal to one, and for people or things when the quantity is unknown.

Derived terms

Translations

plural - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA: /pluˈɾal/

Adjective

plural (masculine and feminine plural plurals)

  1. plural

Noun

plural m (plural plurals)

  1. plural

Derived terms

plural - French

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ply.ʁal/

Adjective

plural (feminine plurale, masculine plural pluraux, feminine plural plurales)

  1. plural, large

plural - Galician

Adjective

plural m or f (plural plurais)

  1. plural

Derived terms

plural - German

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pluˈʁaːl/

Adjective

plural (strong nominative masculine singular pluraler, not comparable)

  1. pluralistic

Declension

number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist plural sie ist plural es ist plural sie sind plural
strong declension (without article) nominative pluraler plurale plurales plurale
genitive pluralen pluraler pluralen pluraler
dative pluralem pluraler pluralem pluralen
accusative pluralen plurale plurales plurale
weak declension (with definite article) nominative der plurale die plurale das plurale die pluralen
genitive des pluralen der pluralen des pluralen der pluralen
dative dem pluralen der pluralen dem pluralen den pluralen
accusative den pluralen die plurale das plurale die pluralen
mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein pluraler eine plurale ein plurales (keine) pluralen
genitive eines pluralen einer pluralen eines pluralen (keiner) pluralen
dative einem pluralen einer pluralen einem pluralen (keinen) pluralen
accusative einen pluralen eine plurale ein plurales (keine) pluralen

plural - Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈplural]
  • Hyphenation: plu‧ral

Adjective

plural

  1. plural: consisting of or containing more than one of something.

plural - Maltese

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pluˈraːl/

Noun

plural m (plural plurali)

  1. (grammar) plural
    • plural sħiħsound plural
    • plural miksurbroken plural

plural - Middle English

Adjective

plural

  1. Alternative form of plurelle

plural - Occitan

Noun

plural m (plural plurals)

  1. plural

plural - Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA: /pluˈɾaw/ [pluˈɾaʊ̯]
  • (Portugal) IPA: /pluˈɾal/ [pluˈɾaɫ]
  • Hyphenation: plu‧ral

Adjective

plural m or f (plural plurais)

  1. plural (consisting of more than one things)

Noun

plural m (plural plurais)

  1. (grammar) plural (word referring to multiple things)

Derived terms

plural - Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pluˈral/

Noun

plural n (plural plurali)

  1. plural

Declension

singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) plural pluralul (niște) plurali pluralile
genitive/dative (unui) plural pluralului (unor) plurali pluralilor
vocative pluralule pluralilor

plural - Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /plǔraːl/
  • Hyphenation: plu‧ral

Noun

plùrāl m (Cyrillic spelling плу̀ра̄л)

  1. (uncountable) plural

Declension

singular plural
nominative plùrāl plurali
genitive plurála plurala
dative pluralu pluralima
accusative plural plurale
vocative plurale plurali
locative pluralu pluralima
instrumental pluralom pluralima

Synonyms

plural - Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /pluˈɾal/ [pluˈɾal]
  • Syllabification: plu‧ral

Adjective

plural (plural plurales)

  1. plural, multiple

Noun

plural m (plural plurales)

  1. (grammar) plural

Derived terms

Meaning and Definition of plural
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