• adj. 复数的
• n. 复数

来自拉丁语plus的所有格形式pluris,更多的，词源同plus,full.引申词义复数的，多元的。

plural

plural: [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘more’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly-) of the Indo-European base *plē- ‘full’. This was borrowed into English directly as plus [17], in the sense ‘with the addition of’. Plural comes via Old French plurel from the Latin derivative plūrālis ‘more than one’.

Other related words in English include nonplus [16] (etymologically ‘put in a position where “no more” – Latin nōn plūs – can be done’); pluperfect [16] (a lexicalization of the Latin phrase plūs quam perfectum ‘more than perfect’); and surplus.
=> nonplus, pluperfect, plus, surplus

plural (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French plurel "more than one" (12c., Modern French pluriel), from Latin pluralis "of or belonging to more than one," from plus (genitive pluris) "more" (see plus). The noun meaning "a plural number" is from late 14c.

1. What is the plural of "person"?

person的复数形式是什么？

来自柯林斯例句

2. "Data" is the Latin plural form of "datum".

data在拉丁文中是datum的复数形式。

来自柯林斯例句

3. The word "you" can be singular or plural.

单词you可以是单数也可以是复数。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The verb should be in the plural, e . g . " have " in " they have " .

这个动词应用复数形式, 如theyhave中的 have.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. A plural marriage is forbidden by many countries.

一夫多妻,一妻多夫制被许多国家禁止.

来自《简明英汉词典》