meese
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English
Etymology 1
Pluralization of moose on the pattern of Germanic strong declension nouns such as goose → geese, tooth → teeth, foot → feet, and the similarly jocularly-formed shoop → sheep.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /miːs/[1]
- Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
meese
Usage notes
- For a discussion of the plural forms of moose, see the usage note at the entry for “moose”.
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:meese.
References
- ^ Royal Skousen (1975) Substantive Evidence in Phonology: The Evidence from Finnish and French, The Hague: Mouton, page 25: “Do children in learning the language ever make “mistakes” by predicting, for example, that the plural of moose is [miːs] or that the plural of house is [hɑis]?”
Etymology 2
Noun
meese
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