plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

Etymology

From Latin plurale tantum (“plural as such, plural only”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌplʊɚ.ə.leɪ ˈtæn.təm/, /ˌplɝ.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

Translations

a noun without a singular form

• Arabic: اِسْم جَمْع m (ism jamʕ)
• Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
• 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
• 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) pl
• Portuguese: plurale tantum m
• Romanian: substantiv plurale tantum n
• Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
• Spanish: plurale tantum (es)
• Swedish: plurale tantum (sv) n
• Turkish: topluluk ismi (tr)

See also

• Category:English pluralia tantum
• duale tantum
• singulare tantum
• uncountable

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /pluːˈraː.le ˈtan.tum/, [pɫ̪uːˈräːɫ̪ɛ ˈt̪än̪t̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pluˈra.le ˈtan.tum/, [pluˈräːle ˈt̪än̪t̪um]

Noun

plūrāle tantum n (genitive plūrālis tantum); third declension

1. plurale tantum

Declension

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

Case	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.

Related terms

• plural
• tanto