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Plurals
In English, the plural be made suffixing -s to the noun:
- Cat => Cats
English doesn't expresses gender of the noun.
- A cat = un gatto / una gatta
- A he-cat = un gatto
- A she-cat = una gatta
The words ending with s, ss, x, ch, z, sh, o add -es instead of -s:
- watch => watches
- box => boxes
- kiss => kisses
- tomato => tomatoes
The words ending with -y add -ies instead of -s:
- Baby => babies
except boy (boys) and day (days).
Twelve (important) words ending with -f -fe have their plural with the voiced consonant -ves:
- Shelf => shelves
- half => halves
- wife => wives
- life => lives
- wolf => wolves
- self => selves
- calf => calves
- leaf => leaves
- loaf => loaves
- thief => thieves
- sheaf => sheaves
Others exceptions:
- foot => feet
- tooth => teeth
- goose => geese
- mouse => mice
- louse => lice
- man/woman => men/women
- ox => oxen
- child => children
“plurialia tantum”
- clothes
- premises
- quarters
- alms
- credentials
- pajamas (binary)
- pants (binary)
- glasses (bin.)
- trousers (bin.)
- scales (bin.)
- mathematics
- physics
“singularia tantum”
- salmon
- fish
- squid
- cod
- trout
- deer
- aircraft (fleet of airplane)
- advice
- information
- baggage
- luggage
- furniture
- knowledge
- rubbish
- footwear
nouns that seem singulars, but are plurals
- people
- police
- offspring
- cattle
- clergy
- poultry
- vermin
collective nouns (plural in British English)
- family
- team
- government
- committee
- audience
- firm
- association
- class
- community
- company
- crew
- crowd
- jury
uncountable nouns
- substances (wine, coffee, gold...)
- abstract nouns (experience, information...)
Dictionary of the day
| En | It | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Shelf | piattaforma, scaffale | |
| Loaf | pagnotta | ...ma anche "oziare" |
| Goose | oca | Ah, sister goose! |
| Louse | pidocchio | |
| Ox | bue | |
| Premises | locale, stabile | Only plural |
| Quarters | alloggio | Only plural |
| Alms | carità | Only plural |
| Trousers | pantaloni | Only binary |
| Scales | bilancia | Only binary |
| Squid | seppia | Only singular |
| Cod | merluzzo | Only singular |
| Cattle | bestiame | |
| poultry | pollame | |
| crew | equipaggio, cricca | |
| crowd | calca, ressa |