Foreign Plurals
Foreign Plurals :
These are some Plurals which have been borrowed directly from foreign nouns.
Singulars and Plurals of Latin Origin
Singular…..Plural
1. Addendum…..addenda
2. Agendum…..agenda
3. Alumnus…..alumni
4. Apparatus…..apparatus
5. Appendix…..appendices
6. Appendix…..appendixes
7. Axis…..axes
8. Datum…..data
9. Dictum …..Dicta
10. Erratum…..errata
11. Focus…..foci
12. Focus…..focuses
13. Formula…..formulae
14. Formula…..formulas
15. Fungus…..fungi
16. Genius…..genii
17. Genius…..geniuses
18. Index…..indexes
19. Index…..indices
20. Medium…..media
21. Memorandum…..memoranda
22. Radius…..radii
23. Series…..series
24. Species…..species
25. Stratum…..strata
26. Stratum…..stratums
27. Terminus…..termini
28. Terminus…..terminuses
Note : Agendum is not used in English. Agenda, though a Latin Plural, is treated as a Singular in English. We ask….
What is the agenda?
The Secretary draws up an agenda for a meeting.
Singulars and Plurals of Greek Origin
Singular…..Plural
1. Analysis…..analyses
2. Basis…..bases
3. Crisis…..crises
4. Criterion…..criteria
5. Hypothesis…..hypotheses
6. Oasis…..oases
7. Parenthesis…..parentheses
8. Phenomenon…..phenomena
9. Thesis…..theses
Singulars and Plurals of Italian Origin
Singular…..Plural
1. Bandit…..banditti
2. Bandit…..bandits
Singulars and Plurals of French Origin
Singular…..Plural
1. Beau…..beaus
2. Beau…..beaux
3. Bureau…..bureaux
4. Madame…..Mesdames
5. Monsieur…..messieurs
Singulars and Plurals of Hebrew Origin
Singular…..Plural
1. Cherub…..cherubim
2. Cherub…..cherubs
3. Seraph…..seraphim
4. Seraph…..seraphs
RELATED PAGES :
- Double Plurals
- Foreign Plurals
- Singulars and Plurals of Latin Origin
- Singulars and Plurals of Greek Origin
- Singulars and Plurals of Italian Origin
- Singulars and Plurals of French Origin
- Singulars and Plurals of Hebrew Origin
- Singular but Plural
- Singular and Plural with Same Forms
- Two Forms of Plural
- Plurals with Two Meanings
- Plural Nouns
Foreign Plurals :
The Sentences Index
