plural
Alternative forms
- (abbreviation, grammar): pl.
Etymology
From Средњи Енглески plurelle, from Стари Француски plurel (“plural”), borrowed from Латински pluralis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plus, pluris (“more”) + -alis.
Pronunciation
- МФА(кључ): /ˈplʊə.ɹəl/, /ˈplɔː.ɹəl/
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Adjective
plural (comparative more plural, superlative most plural)
- Consisting of or containing more than one of something. (Can we add an example for this sense?)Script error: The function "template_categorize" does not exist.
- 1594, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlmen of Verona:
- Than plural faith which is too much by one: Thou counterfeit to thy true friend!
- (comparable) Pluralistic.
- 1987, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, editor, The Encyclopedia of religion, volume 3:
- Although the nation was far more plural than Canada in the number of its Christian groups
- 2006, Suisheng Zhao, Debating political reform in China: rule of law vs. democratization, strana 29:
- The Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way more "plural" than most Western economies, but they have not led to pluralistic politics.
- 2007, Lachelle Renee Hannickel, From cultural transgressions to literary transformations: ..., strana 195:
- History is perhaps more plural than traditionally imagined, leaving room for more groups to express their story.
- 2009, Pille Valk, Teenagers' perspectives on the role of religion in their lives, ..., strana 281:
- Generally the girls tend to perceive their social world as somewhat more plural than boys do. Several of these questions reveal that there are more boys (61%) than girls (39%) who 'do not know' about the religion of others
- 2011, Harald E. Braun; Edward Vallance, The Renaissance Conscience, strana 50:
- Yet More's conscience was responding to a world just a little more plural than the world he was born in
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Antonyms
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Noun
plural (plural plurals)
- (граматика, uncountable) The plural number.
- 1895, William W. Goodwin, A Greek Grammar. Revised and enlarged., strana 34:
- "There are three numbers; the singular, the dual, and the plural. [...] The dual is sometimes used to denote two objects, but even here the plural is more common."
- (граматика, 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.
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 greater than one, and for people or things when the quantity is unknown.
- In English, the plural is most often formed simply by adding the letter "s" to the end of a noun, e.g. apple/apples. There are many exceptions, however, such as echo/echoes, mouse/mice, child/children, deer/deer (same word), etc.
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See also
- (grammatical numbers) grammatical number; singular, dual, trial, quadral, paucal, plural (Категорија: en:Grammar)
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plural (masculine and feminine plural plurals)
Noun
plural m (plural plurals)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “plural” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “plural” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “plural” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “plural” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Француски
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plural
Related terms
Further reading
- “plural” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Noun
plural m or f (plural plurais)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Немачки
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plural (not comparable)
Declension
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
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 |
Synonyms
- (pluralistic): pluralistisch
References
- plural у Duden на интернету
Maltese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
plural m
- (граматика) plural
Middle English
Adjective
plural
- Alternative form of plurelle
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Noun
Португалски
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plural
Noun
plural m (plural plurais)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
- Шаблон:sh-IPA
- Hyphenation: plu‧ral
Noun
plùrāl m (Ћирилица правопис плу̀ра̄л)
Declension
Synonyms
Шпански
Etymology
Borrowed from Латински plūrālis.
Pronunciation
Adjective
plural (plural plurales)
Noun
plural m (plural plurales)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “plural” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
- Енглески говор
- Енглески изрази наслеђени од Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Средњи Енглески
- Енглески појмови изведени из Стари Француски
- Енглески појмови изведени из Латински
- Енглески 2-слог речи
- Енглески термини са ИПА изговором
- Енглески термини са хомофонима
- Енглески придеви
- Енглески термини са наводима
- Енглески леме
- Енглески именице
- Енглески бројевне именице
- Енглески uncountable nouns
- Енглески countable nouns
- Македонски црвене везе
- Македонски црвене везе/т
- Стари Енглески црвене везе
- Стари Енглески црвене везе/т
- en:Grammar
- Каталонски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Каталонски појмови изведени из Латински
- Каталонски 2-слог речи
- Каталонски термини са ИПА изговором
- Каталонски леме
- Каталонски adjectives
- Catalan epicene adjectives
- Catalan adjectives with missing forms
- Каталонски именице
- ca:Граматика
- Француски говор
- Француски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Француски појмови изведени из Латински
- Француски 2-слог речи
- Француски термини са ИПА изговором
- Француски придеви
- Галицијски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Галицијски појмови изведени из Латински
- Galician lemmas
- Galician adjectives
- Missing Galician adjective forms
- gl:Граматика
- Немачки говор
- Немачки термини позајмљени од Латински
- Немачки појмови изведени из Латински
- Немачки 2-слог речи
- Немачки термини са ИПА изговором
- Немачки леме
- Немачки adjectives
- German uncomparable adjectives
- German adjectives with red links in their declension tables
- Малтешки термини са ИПА изговором
- Малтешки леме
- Малтешки именице
- Средњи Енглески adjective
- Occitan термини позајмљени од Латински
- Occitan појмови изведени из Латински
- Португалски говор
- Португалски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Португалски појмови изведени из Латински
- Португалски термини са ИПА изговором
- Португалски придеви
- Португалски леме
- Португалски именице
- Српско-Хрватски термини позајмљени од Латински
- Српско-Хрватски појмови изведени из Латински
- Српски леме
- Српски именице
- Српски masculine именице
- Српско-Хрватски uncountable nouns
- Шпански говор
- Шпански термини позајмљени од Латински
- Шпански појмови изведени из Латински
- Шпански термини са ИПА изговором
- Шпански adjective
- Missing Spanish adjective forms
- Шпански леме
- Шпански именице
- Missing Spanish noun forms