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plural

/ˈplʊərəl/noun

उच्चारण प्लुअरल

बहुवचन

Basic word

noun
  1. 1

    [C] grammar

    a form of a noun or verb that refers to more than one person or thing

    बहुवचन

    • The plural of 'child' is 'children'.
    • Add 's' to most nouns to make the plural.
    • The plural of 'mouse' is 'mice'.
    + 1 more example
    • The verb must agree with the plural subject.

    Synonyms plural form bahuvachan

    Opposite singular

adjective
  1. 1

    (grammar) connected with or having the plural form; relating to more than one; having many different groups of people

    बहुवचन; बहुलवादी

    • a plural society
    • The word 'children' is a plural noun.
    • Use a plural verb after 'people'.
    + 1 more example
    • India is a plural society with many languages and customs.

    Synonyms multiple diverse many pluralistic multicultural

    Opposite singular single uniform

◇Word family
pluralism noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

plural form bahuvachan multiple diverse many pluralistic multicultural

Antonyms

singular single uniform

§Grammar and usage

Grammar, asked very often (irregular plurals): child/children, man/men, woman/women, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, mouse/mice, goose/geese, ox/oxen; nouns ending in -f or -fe often become -ves (knife/knives, leaf/leaves, wife/wives), but roof/roofs, chief/chiefs; some nouns are the same in both (sheep, deer, fish, aircraft, series, species); Latin and Greek plurals: criterion/criteria, phenomenon/phenomena, datum/data, medium/media, crisis/crises, analysis/analyses; compound nouns: mother-in-law/mothers-in-law, passer-by/passers-by.

यह बहुत पूछा जाता है (अनियमित plurals): child/children, man/men, woman/women, tooth/teeth, foot/feet, mouse/mice, goose/geese, ox/oxen; -f या -fe पर समाप्त nouns प्रायः -ves बनते हैं (knife/knives, leaf/leaves, wife/wives), पर roof/roofs, chief/chiefs; कुछ nouns दोनों में समान हैं (sheep, deer, fish, aircraft, series, species); Latin और यूनानी plurals: criterion/criteria, phenomenon/phenomena, datum/data, medium/media, crisis/crises, analysis/analyses; compound nouns: mother-in-law/mothers-in-law, passer-by/passers-by।

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General knowledge

India is called a plural society because of its many religions, languages and cultures.

भारत को अनेक धर्मों, भाषाओं और संस्कृतियों के कारण बहुलवादी समाज कहा जाता है।