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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