duale tantum
duale tantum · dualia tantum
Dualetantum
A noun that can only occur in the dual, and which lacks forms for singular, plural,…A noun (or specific sense of a noun) that can only occur in the dual, and which lacks forms for singular, plural, and any other number.
/dʊˈɑːleɪˈtæntəm/
Meaning
1 sensesA noun (or specific sense of a noun) that can only occur in the dual, and which lacks forms for singular, plural, and any other number.
Dualetantum
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 1
grammar: noun that can only occur in the dual:
Origin
From Latin duāle tantum (“dual as such; dual only”), from duāle + tantum.From Latin duāle tantum (“dual as such; dual only”), from duāle + tantum.
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Forms
plural: dualia tantum| Singular | duale tantum |
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| Plural | dualia tantum |
irregular · Lesson
Word family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular