plural

  • 31plural — 1 noun (C) a word or form that shows you are talking about more than one object, person etc. For example, dogs is the plural of dog 2 adjective 1 a plural word or form shows you are talking about more than one object, person etc. For example we… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 32plural*/ — [ˈplʊərəl] adj linguistics I a plural word or form is used for referring to more than one person or thing II noun [C] linguistics plural [ˈplʊərəl] a word or form that is used for referring to more than one person or thing. For example, ‘students …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 33plural — (m) (Intermedio) (en gramática) cualidad de la palabra que indica más de un elemento Ejemplos: El profesor empezó a gritar porque no sabíamos enumerar el plural de los sustantivos. Las casas es el plural de la casa . Sinónimos: múltiple, diverso …

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  • 34plural —   Helu nui.   The common plural markers are: nā (nā hale, houses), mau (kēlā mau hale, those houses), and the k less possessive ( elua ona hale, he has two houses).    ♦ Inclusive plural (grammar), helu nui pili.    ♦ Exclusive plural (grammar),… …

    English-Hawaiian dictionary

  • 35plural — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French & Latin; Anglo French plurel, from Latin pluralis, from plur , plus more more at plus Date: 14th century 1. of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usually used to… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 36plural — /ploor euhl/, adj. 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. Gram. noting or pertaining to a member of the category of number …

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  • 37plural — n. in the plural * * * [ plʊ(ə)rəl] in the plural …

    Combinatory dictionary

  • 38Plural — Plu̲·ral der; s, e; meist Sg, Ling; die Form eines Wortes, die zeigt, dass von zwei oder mehr Personen oder Dingen gesprochen wird ≈ Mehrzahl ↔ Singular; Abk Pl., Plur. <den Plural eines Wortes bilden>: ,,Männer ist der Plural von ,,Mann || …

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  • 39plural — [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘more’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly ) of the Indo European base *plē ‘full’. This was borrowed into …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 40plural — plu•ral [[t]ˈplʊər əl[/t]] adj. 1) pertaining to or involving more than one 2) pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things 3) gram. of or belonging to the grammatical category of number used to indicate that a word has more than… …

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