plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /ˌplʊɚ.ə.leɪ ˈtæn.təm/, /ˌplɝ.ə.leɪ -/
Audio (US) (file)

Noun

plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum)

(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.

Examples
glasses (in one of its senses) groceries (in one of its senses) odds outskirts riches scissors suds surroundings thanks

Translations

a noun without a singular form

Arabic: اِسْم جَمْع‎ m (ism jamʕ)
Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
Catalan: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Czech: podstatné jméno pomnožné n
Dutch: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Finnish: pluratiivi (fi), monikkosana
French: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Georgian: მრავლობით რიცხვში მდგომი არსებითი სახელები (mravlobit ricxvši mdgomi arsebiti saxelebi)
German: Pluraletantum (de) n, Pluralwort (de) n
Icelandic: fleirtöluorð (is) n, fleirtölunafnorð n
Italian: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Japanese: 絶対複数 (ja) (zettai-fukusū)
Latin: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Latvian: daudzskaitlinieks m
Persian: اسم جمع‎ (fa) (esm-e jam')
Polish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Portuguese: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Romanian: substantiv plurale tantum n
Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
Spanish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Swedish: Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
Turkish: topluluk ismi (tr)

Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /pluːˈraː.le ˈtan.tum/, [pɫ̪uːˈräːɫ̪ɛ ˈt̪än̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pluˈra.le ˈtan.tum/, [pluˈräːle ˈt̪än̪t̪um]

Noun

plūrāle tantum n (genitive plūrālis tantum); third declension

plurale tantum

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Portuguese

Examples
bodas de prata jeans Américas

Etymology

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Noun

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tantum)

(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.

Related terms

plural
tanto

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