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.
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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.
What’s the Plural of Wolf?
November 17, 2022
The plural of the Canis lupus, more commonly referred to as a wolf, is wolves. Wolves is the only plural form of wolf.
What’s the Plural of Shelf?
November 17, 2022
Shelf plural is shelves. Most nouns that end in f/fe use ves as a plural.
What’s the Plural of Scarf?
November 17, 2022
Both scarves and scarfs are correct ways to describe more than one scarf.
What’s the Plural of Calf? (Calfs? Calves?)
November 17, 2022
Whether the leg or bovine species, the plural of calf is calves.
What’s the Plural of Tooth?
November 16, 2022
The plural of tooth is teeth. Tooth is an irregular noun, and replaces o’s with e’s as a plural.