plural
41plural — /ˈplurəl / (say ploohruhl) adjective 1. consisting of, containing, or relating to more than one. 2. relating to or involving a plurality of persons or things. 3. being one of such a plurality: a plural candidate. 4. Grammar (in many languages)… …
42Plural — der Plural, e (Mittelstufe) Numerus, der mehrere Personen oder Sachen beschreibt, Gegenteil zu Singular Synonym: Mehrzahl Beispiele: Kennst du den Pluralvon Wurst ? Der Plural von Auto ist Autos …
43plural — [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 …
44plural — adj. & n. adj. 1 more than one in number. 2 Gram. (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two. n. Gram. 1 a plural word or form. 2 the plural number. Derivatives: plurally adv. Etymology: ME f. OF… …
45plural — adj. Plural is used with these nouns: ↑noun, ↑pronoun, ↑verb …
46plural — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. See multitude. Ant., singular. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Concerning more than one] Syn. few, a number of, abundant; see many . 2. [Concerning plural marriage] Syn. bigamous, digamous, polygamous,… …
47plural — plu|ral <aus lat. pluralis »zu mehreren, zur Mehrzahl gehörig« zu plures, vgl. ↑Plural> svw. ↑pluralistisch …
48Plural — Plu|ral der; s, e <aus lat. (numerus) pluralis »in der Mehrzahl stehend« zu plures »mehrere«, Plur. von plus, vgl. ↑plus>: 1. (ohne Plur.) Numerus, der beim Nomen u. Pronomen anzeigt, dass dieses sich auf zwei od. mehrere Personen od.… …
49plural — plu|ral [ plurəl ] adjective * 1. ) LINGUISTICS a plural word or form is used for referring to more than one person or thing 2. ) FORMAL consisting of different types of people or things …
50plural */ — UK [ˈplʊərəl] / US [ˈplʊrəl] adjective 1) linguistics a plural word or form is used for referring to more than one person or thing 2) formal consisting of different types of people or things …
