[plu.ral] adj [ME, fr. MF & L; MF plurel, fr. L pluralis, fr. plur-, plus more--more at plus] (14c) 1: of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usu. used to denote more than one or in some languages more than two "genetics is ~ in form but takes a singular verb"
2: relating to, consisting of, or containing more than one or more than one kind or class "a ~ society" -- plural n -- plu.ral.ly adv