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.
实用例句
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.