plural
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Pronunciation: note: without the pour–poor merger
ipa: /ˈplʊəɹl̩/
enpr: plo͝or'-rəl
note: without the pour–poor merger
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /ˈplɔːɹl̩/
enpr: plô'-rəl
note: pour–poor merger
ipa: /ˈpljʊəɹəl/
enpr: plyo͝or'-rəl
enpr: plo͝oər'-əl
enpr: plûr'-əl
ipa: /ˈplʊ(ə)ɹəl/
ipa: /ˈplɜɹəl/
ipa: /ˈpluːɹəl/
ipa: /ˈplʉːɹəl/
rhymes: -ʊəɹəl
Forms: form: more plural
form: most plural
form: pl.
form: pl
Etymology: From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.
Senses: examples: text: The notion of culture is one whose meanings are plural and shifting.
text: Than plural faith which is too much by one: Thou counterfeit to thy true friend!
ref: 1594, William Shakespeare, Two Gentlemen of Verona:
synonyms: manifold
multiple
morefold
several
glosses: Consisting of or containing more than one of something.
examples: text: English nouns usually have singular and plural forms.
topics: grammar
human-sciences
linguistics
sciences
glosses: In systems of number, not singular or not singular or dual.
examples: text: Although the nation was far more plural than Canada in the number of its Christian groups
ref: 1987, Mircea Eliade, Charles J. Adams, editors, The Encyclopedia of religion, volume 3:
text: The Hong Kong and Singapore markets are way more "plural" than most Western economies, but they have not led to pluralistic politics.
ref: 2006, Suisheng Zhao, Debating political reform in China: rule of law vs. democratization, page 29:
text: History is perhaps more plural than traditionally imagined, leaving room for more groups to express their story.
ref: 2007, Lachelle Renee Hannickel, From cultural transgressions to literary transformations: ..., page 195:
text: Generally the girls tend to perceive their social world as somewhat more plural than boys do. Several of these questions reveal that there are more boys (61%) than girls (39%) who 'do not know' about the religion of others
ref: 2009, Pille Valk, Teenagers' perspectives on the role of religion in their lives, ..., page 281:
text: Yet More's conscience was responding to a world just a little more plural than the world he was born in
ref: 2011, Harald E. Braun with Edward Vallance, The Renaissance Conscience, page 50:
glosses: Pluralistic.
qualifier: multiplicity
glosses: Having some form of multiplicity, especially dissociative identity disorder.
raw_tags: of a person
Synonyms: word: multiple
word: plural
Hyponyms: word: dual
word: triple
word: quadruple
word: quintuple
word: sextuple
word: multiplex
word: paucal
Derived terms: additive plural
associative plural
author's plural
broken plural
cohort plural
count plural
double plural
duoplural
first-person plural
majestic plural
nonplural
plural intensive
pluralisation
pluralise
pluralism
pluralist
plurality
pluralization
pluralize
plurally
plural marriage
plural noun
plural of excellence
plural of majesty
plural of modesty
pluralphobia
pluralphobic
plural relations
plural system
plural wife
polyplural
second-person plural
sound plural
summation plural
superplural
the plural of anecdote is not data
third-person plural
Related terms: singular