singular
A form of a word that refers to only one person or thingA form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
» This word is not used in singular.
Це слово в однині не вживається. — Walentinio
artemlyubchenko · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 sensesA form of a word that refers to only one person or thing.
Einzahl, Singular, Singularis
еди́нственное число́jedínstvennoje čisló
однина́odnyná
the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton
That which is not general; a specific determinate instance.
(collective)A group of boars.
Examples
32 sentencesThis word is not used in singular.
Це слово в однині не вживається. — Walentinio
The singular of 'data' is 'datum'.
ruЕдинственное число от слова data – это datum. — Ooneykcall · CC BY 2.0 FR
He is a boy of singular intelligence.
She is a woman of singular beauty.
ruОна женщина неповторимой красоты. — marafon
A noun can be singular or plural.
ruСуществительное может быть в единственном или множественном числе. — marafon
deEin Hauptwort kann in der Einzahl oder in der Mehrzahl stehen. — raggione
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”)From Middle English singuler, from Old French, from Latin singulāris (“alone of its kind”), from Latin singulus (“single”).
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Forms
plural: singularsSynonyms
1 synonyms- the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton:singular form