What’s the Plural of Curriculum?
Curriculum is a Latin noun, and has two accepted plural noun forms: curriculums and curricula. Both are correct; though curricula is the original Latin pl. n. form.
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Most English nouns come in two types: they are either singular or plural. By and large, the majority of nouns in English will add “es” or “s” to denote a plural. These are your “regular noun” forms.
Irregular nouns become plural by some other inflection, or they may simply remain as is. These nouns are harder to learn, but we have the answers to all the common questions on proper noun forms. Check out our guides on the correct plural of platypus, rhinoceros, shrimp. Or Latin and Greek words, like “analysis“; “colloquium“, and “alumnus“.
What’s the Plural of Dwarf?
Dwarfs is the more common plural. Dwarves refers to mythical creatures, and was popularized by JRR Tolkien.
What’s the Plural of Wharf?
The plural of wharf is wharfs or wharves. Singular nouns that end in f/fe normally take on ves as a plural.
What’s the Plural of Life?
The plural of life is lives, as in The Days of Our Lives. ‘Life’ is a singular noun.
What’s the Plural of Elf?
Is there an elf on your shelf? If there were more than one, there are elves on your shelf (or shelves, if you have more than one shelf, too).
What’s the Plural of Wife?
The plural of wife is wives. Like other nouns that end in f/fe, wife uses -ves as a plural noun.
What’s the Plural of Knife?
The plural of knife (singular noun) is knives. Knife is irregular and replaces -fe with -ves as a plural.
What’s the Plural of Thief?
The plural of thief is thieves. Thief ends in a sibilant (f), which typically take on -ves as a plural noun form.
What’s the Plural of Buffalo? Buffalos or Buffaloes?
If not Buffalo, New York, the plural of buffalo is buffalo, buffalos, and buffaloes.
What’s the Plural of Scarf?
Both scarves and scarfs are correct ways to describe more than one scarf.