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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024plu•ral /ˈplʊrəl/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to more than one.
- of or relating to a plurality of persons or things;
pluralistic. - Grammarof or belonging to the grammatical category of number that refers to more than one (of the word used):The word children is the plural form of child.
n. - Grammar the plural number:[uncountable]That language has no plural; nouns are the same whether you talk about one or many.
- Grammar a word or other form in the plural:[countable]Some words, like child, have irregular plurals.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plu•ral (plŏŏr′əl),USA pronunciation adj. - consisting of, containing, or pertaining to more than one.
- pertaining to or involving a plurality of persons or things.
- being one of such a plurality.
- Grammarnoting or pertaining to a member of the category of number, found in many languages, indicating that a word has more than one referent, as in English men, or more than two referents, as in Old English ge, meaning "you.''
n. [Gram.] - Grammarthe plural number.
- Grammara form in the plural.
- Latin plūrālis, equivalent. to plūr-, stem of plūs plus + -alis -al1
- Middle English 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: plural /ˈplʊərəl/ adj - containing, involving, or composed of more than one person, thing, item, etc
- denoting a word indicating that more than one referent is being referred to or described
n - the plural number
- a plural form
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French plurel, from Late Latin plūrālis concerning many, from Latin plūs moreˈplurally adv |