What’s the Plural of Pants?
December 4, 2022
Pants are a plural-only noun, with no singular noun form, since pants are made up of parts. As a singular, pants are called ‘a pair
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What’s the Plural of Locus?
December 4, 2022
Locus, which comes from the Latin word meaning, “a place” (as in, location), has loci as its plural noun form.
Are Glasses Singular or Plural?
December 4, 2022
Glasses are a ‘plural-only’ noun, and are only used as a plural noun. Objects that are made up of parts/pieces/pairs are called plural-only.
What’s the Plural of Focus?
December 4, 2022
Focuses is now much more commonly used as the plural of focus. Foci is also correct.
What’s the Plural of Colloquium?
December 4, 2022
The plural of the Latin noun, colloquium, (pronounced koll-o-kwee-um) is colloquia or colloquiums.
What’s the Plural of Vortex?
December 3, 2022
Both vortices and vortexes are correct plurals of vortex, meaning “whirlpool, eddying mass.” The original plural noun form is vortices (for Latin purists).