plural

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈplʊə.ɹəl/

Noun

uncountable countable informal

(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.

Japanese Meaning

複数形: 数や量が一つを超える対象を示す文法の形態。英語では一つ以上のものを指す場合に使われる。

What is this buttons?

In English, the plural of 'mouse' is 'mice', which surprises many beginners.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

英語では「mouse」の複数形は「mice」で、多くの初心者を驚かせます。

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Sense（1）

(grammar, uncountable) The plural number. In English, referring to more or less than one of something.

There are three numbers; the singular, the dual, and the plural. … The dual is sometimes used to denote two objects, but even here the plural is more common.

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Sense（2）

(grammar, countable) A word in the form in which it potentially refers to something other than one person or thing; and other than two things if the language has a dual form.

The plural of 'cat' is 'cats', but the plural of 'child' is 'children'.

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Sense（3）

(psychology, informal, countable) A person with some form of multiplicity, particularly dissociative identity disorder.

Singlet and monocultural identity is so normalized that many voice hearers and plurals don’t share their experiences with anyone, living in isolation (and sometimes in poverty) and spending considerable inner resources to manage postures and performances of ‘mental health’.

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