Meaning

4 senses
  1. Consisting of or containing more than one of something.

    The notion of culture is one whose meanings are plural and shifting.

    Plural-, pluralisch, plural

    мно́жественныйmnóžestvennyj

    множи́ннийmnožýnnyj, чисельнийčyselʹnyj

  2. In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.

    English nouns usually have singular and plural forms.

  3. (comparable)Pluralistic.

  4. (not comparable)Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.

More definitions
  • grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units
  • composed of more than one member, set, or kind

Examples

65 sentences
  1. "Horses" is the plural of "horse."

    "Коні" — множина від слова "кінь".

    ru"Лошади" - множественное число от слова "лошадь".

    de„Pferde“ ist der Plural von „Pferd“.

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  2. The plural of "horse" is "horses."

    deDie Mehrzahl von „Pferd“ lautet „Pferde“.

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  3. Nouns inflect for plural in English.

    В англійській мові іменники змінюють закінчення у множині.

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  4. The plural of horse is horses.

    ruМножественное число для "лошадь" - "лошади".

    deDie Mehrzahl von „Pferd“ lautet „Pferde“.

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  5. The plural of ox is oxen.

    ruМножественное число слова "вол" — "волы".

    deDer Plural von Ochse ist Ochsen.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
more than one:
Русский
By meaning 1
more than one:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
more than one:

Origin

From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrā

From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.

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