What’s the Plural of Vertex?
December 2, 2022
Vertex, which is a Latin word meaning “highest point”, has two plural noun forms, vertices and vertexes.
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What’s the Plural of Referendum?
December 2, 2022
A referendum which describes the “submitting of a question to the voters as a whole”, is referendums as a plural noun.
Types of Nouns (Common, Proper, Abstract, and Concrete)
December 2, 2022
Nouns are words given to people, places or things. There are various types of nouns, and each has a different role.
What’s the Plural of Radius? Radii, Radiuses?
November 30, 2022
The plural of radius is radii or radiuses. Radius is singular.
What’s the Plural of Matrix?
November 30, 2022
The word and noun matrix originally comes from Latin, and has two accepted plurals: matrixes and matrices (matrices being the original pl. form).
Is Data Singular or Plural?
November 30, 2022
The singular of data is datum. Data is plural, and the more commonly used of the two.
Is Bacteria Plural or Singular?
November 30, 2022
Bacteria is a plural noun, and comes from Latin. Bacterium is singular.
What’s the Plural of Stimulus?
November 29, 2022
Stimulus, like other Latin nouns that have made it to Modern English (syllabus, locus, focus, radius,) uses -I as a plural noun, stimuli.
What’s the Plural of Trout?
November 28, 2022
Just like salmon, tuna and cod, trout stays the same in both the singular and plural case.