plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

Etymology

From Latin plūrāle tantum (“plural as such; plural only”), from plūrāle +‎ tantum.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌplʊɹ.ə.leɪ ˈtæn.təm/, /plʊˌɹeɪ.li ˈtæn.təm/, /ˌplɝɹ.ə.leɪ -/

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Noun

plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum)

1. (grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.

Examples
glasses (in one of its senses) groceries (in one of its senses) odds outskirts riches scissors suds surroundings thanks

Antonyms

• duale tantum
• singulare tantum

Translations

a noun without a singular form

• Arabic: اِسْم جَمْع m (ism jamʕ)
• Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
• Bulgarian: плуралия тантум (pluralija tantum)
• Catalan: plurale tantum (ca) m
• Czech: podstatné jméno pomnožné n
• Dutch: plurale tantum (nl) n
• Finnish: pluratiivi (fi), monikkosana
• French: plurale tantum (fr) m
• Georgian: მრავლობით რიცხვში მდგომი არსებითი სახელები (mravlobit ricxvši mdgomi arsebiti saxelebi)
• German: Pluraletantum (de) n, Pluralwort (de) n
• Hebrew: רִבּוּי תְּמִידִי m (ribbúy t'midí)
• Icelandic: fleirtöluorð (is) n, fleirtölunafnorð n
• Italian: plurale tantum m
• Japanese: 絶対複数 (ja) (zettai-fukusū)
• Latin: plurale tantum n
• Latvian: daudzskaitlinieks (lv) m
• Persian: اسم جمع (fa) (esm-e jam')
• Polish: plurale tantum (pl) m, pluralia tantum m
• Portuguese: plurale tantum m
• Romanian: substantiv plurale tantum n
• Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
• Spanish: plurale tantum (es), pluralia tántum (es) m, pluralia tantum (es) m
• Swedish: plurale tantum (sv) n
• Turkish: topluluk ismi (tr)

See also

• Category:English pluralia tantum
• uncountable

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin plurale tantum.

Noun

plurale tantum n (plural pluralia tantum, no diminutive)

1. (grammar) a noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form

Related terms

• diminutivum tantum

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pɫuːˈraː.ɫɛ ˈtan.tũː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pluˈraː.le ˈtan.tum]

Noun

plūrāle tantum n (genitive plūrālis tantum); third declension

1. plurale tantum

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem) with an indeclinable portion.

	singular	plural
nominative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum
genitive	plūrālis tantum	plūrālium tantum
dative	plūrālī tantum	plūrālibus tantum
accusative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum
ablative	plūrālī tantum	plūrālibus tantum
vocative	plūrāle tantum	plūrālia tantum

Portuguese

Examples
bodas de prata jeans Américas

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin plurale tantum.

Noun

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tantum)

1. (grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.