What’s the Plural of Thief?
November 19, 2022
The plural of thief is thieves. Thief ends in a sibilant (f), which typically take on -ves as a plural noun form.
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What’s the Plural of Synopsis?
November 19, 2022
Synopsis as a plural is synopses (pronounced like sin-ops-ease). Synopsis is a singular noun.
What’s the Plural of Syllabus?
November 19, 2022
Syllabus comes from Latin, which has as its original plural noun form syllabi. Over time syllabuses has also come to be accepted as a plural
What’s the Plural of Knife?
November 19, 2022
The plural of knife (singular noun) is knives. Knife is irregular and replaces -fe with -ves as a plural.
What’s the Plural of Hypothesis?
November 19, 2022
The plural of hypothesis is hypotheses. Hypothesis is the singular noun form.
What’s the Plural of Axis?
November 19, 2022
Axis plural is axes (not to be mistaken for the woodsman’s tool, albeit spelled the same.)
What’s the Plural of Buffalo? Buffalos or Buffaloes?
November 18, 2022
If not Buffalo, New York, the plural of buffalo is buffalo, buffalos, and buffaloes.