Phrase Hound found 33 phrases and 17 compound words that contain plural. The most common are listed below. Open plural in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 33
- majestic pluralThe first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.
- third-person pluralThe form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages).
- second-person pluralThe form of a verb used with the pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, etc., or their equivalents in other languages.
- broken pluralAn irregular plural formed by changing the pattern of consonants and vowels inside the singular form, found in the Semitic languages and other Afroasiatic languages such as Berber. An example in Arabic is مَكَاتِب (makātib, “desks”), the …
- double pluralA word doubly inflected for the plural grammatical number in relation to its singular form; e.g., medium → media → medias.
- sound pluralIn Semitic and other Afro-Asiatic languages, a regular plural formed by adding a suffix, without changes to the stem. An example in Arabic is مُسْلِمُونَ (muslimūna, “Muslims”), the plural form of مُسْلِم (muslim, “Muslim”), formed by …
- plural nounA plural form of a common noun.
- first-person pluralThe plural of the first-person form of a verb or pronoun, which in some languages can either be inclusive ("you and I") or exclusive ("them and I"). In other languages, there is no distinction.
- plural systemA group of multiple identities, headmates, or alters sharing a body.
- plural wifeA co-wife in a polygamous marriage.
- plural marriageA form of polygamy formerly practiced by Mormons.
- plural of excellenceIn certain Semitic languages, a plural noun that is used as the name of a single person.
- plural nounsplural of plural noun: A plural form of a common noun.
- plural of majestySynonym of majestic plural: The first-person plural pronoun as traditionally used by a sovereign in formal speech to refer to themselves in their role as the monarch.
- author's pluralSynonym of editorial we: Synonym of plural of modesty (“speaking of oneself as if multiple people, intending to seem modest”).
- celestial plural marriageA form of plural marriage in which a man had multiple wives, believed to be a divine commandment for exaltation in the highest heaven, enabling eternal families with numerous children.
- additive pluralA form of plural in which the referent is a collection of those items to which the stem itself refers (within a given frame of reference).
- cohort pluralSynonym of associative plural: A form of plural — typically used with a name, title or kinship term — which collectively refers to all those people associated with the referent (within the given frame of reference).
- count pluralSynonym of count form: In some Slavic languages, such as Bulgarian and Russian, a distinct plural form taken by certain nouns when explicitly modified by a quantity.
- intensive pluralSynonym of superplural: A term, word, etc., that describes a plurality greater than another plural.
- plural intensiveSynonym of plural of excellence: In certain Semitic languages, a plural noun that is used as the name of a single person.
- plural marriagesplural of plural marriage: A form of polygamy formerly practiced by Mormons.
- plural relationsapartheid
- plural systemsplural of plural system: A group of multiple identities, headmates, or alters sharing a body.
- plural wivesplural of plural wife: A co-wife in a polygamous marriage.
Compound words 17
- pluralityThe state of being plural.
- superpluralA term, word, etc., that describes a plurality greater than another plural.
- pluralphobiaThe dislike, denial, or stigmatization of, or prejudice against, people with multiplicity (the psychological condition).
- plupluralA word that is its own plural; an autological plural form.
- pluralphobicRelating to or exhibiting pluralphobia.
- nonpluralNot plural.
- perpluralSynonym of superplural: A term, word, etc., that describes a plurality greater than another plural.
- plurallyIn a plural manner or fashion.
- polypluralContaining plurals of nouns in distinct noun classes.
- pluralismThe quality or state of being plural, or in the plural number.