Synonyms for plural

Grammar : Adj

Spell : ploo r-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈplʊər əl

Définition of plural

Origin : late 14c., from Old French plurel "more than one" (12c., Modern French pluriel), from Latin pluralis "of or belonging to more than one," from plus (genitive pluris) "more" (see plus). The noun meaning "a plural number" is from late 14c.

adj more than one

Example sentences :

Obulus, (plural Oboli)—A small coin, about the value of a penny.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

Mina, (plural Minæ)—Four pounds, three shillings, four pence.
Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child

It existed but in two, and in one of these there was a plural executive.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

The plural vexed Temple, and he told himself how unreasonable the vexation was.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

I do that because it is so much more plural than the plural in this case.
Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens

Her use of the plural lost none of its charm by familiarity.
Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna

Again, in every predication there is an attribution of singular or plural.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

The numbers of nouns here spoken of are two only; the singular and the plural.
Extract from : « The Comic Latin Grammar » by Percival Leigh

It is to myself rather, if I may be included in your plural "we," that I should apply the remark.
Extract from : « The Economist » by Xenophon

I mean that you in the plural, for there have been a good many of you.
Extract from : « The Dominant Strain » by Anna Chapin Ray

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