I. ˈplu̇rəl, ˈplür- adjective
Etymology: Middle English plurel, plural, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French plurel, from Latin pluralis, from plur-, plus more + -alis -al
1. : belonging to a class of grammatical forms used to denote more than one
plural noun
plural pronoun
plural endings
used to agree with syntactically related forms denoting more than one
plural verb
plural adjective
and used in languages (as ancient Greek) having a dual form to denote more than two — opposed to singular
2. : relating to or consisting of or containing more than one
plural citizenship
plural winner
or more than one kind or class
plural population
plural society
II. noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English plurel, from plurel, plural, adjective
: the plural number or an inflectional form denoting it or a word in that form
how such words form their plurals