Definition of PLURAL. Meaning of PLURAL. Synonyms of PLURAL

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Definition of PLURAL

Plural
Plural Plu"ral, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See Plus.] Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word. Plural faith, which is too much by one. --Shak. Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See Number, n., 8.
Plural
Plural Plu"ral, n. (Gram.) The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.

Meaning of PLURAL from wikipedia

- The plural (sometimes abbreviated as pl., pl, or PL), in many languages, is one of the values of the grammatical category of number. The plural of a noun...
- Polygamy (called plural marriage by Latter-day Saints in the 19th century or the Principle by modern fundamentalist practitioners of polygamy) was practiced...
- English and many other languages present number categories of singular or plural. Some languages also have a dual, trial and paucal number or other arrangements...
- quotation mark It is also used in a few distinctive cases for the marking of plurals, e.g. "p's and q's" or Oakland A's. It is also used informally to indicate...
- A double plural is a plural form to which an extra suffix has been added, mainly because the original plural suffix (or other variation) had become unproductive...
- English plurals include the plural forms of English nouns and English determiners. This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plurals are...
- The royal we, majestic plural (pluralis majestatis), or royal plural, is the use of a plural pronoun (or corresponding plural-inflected verb forms) used...
- In English, the plural form of words ending in -us, especially those derived from Latin, often replaces -us with -i. There are many exceptions, some because...
- Plural voting is the practice whereby one person might be able to vote multiple times in an election. It is not to be confused with a plurality voting...
- include irregular plural nouns, such as the English mice, children and women (see English plural) and the French yeux (the plural of œil, "eye"); and...