English-Swedish translations for plurale tantum

• plurale tantum ett
  Ordet kläder är ett plurale tantum, eftersom ordet inte finns i singular.

Definition of plurale tantum

• A noun that has no singular form, such as (in most usage

Examples

• Roger wasn’t sure whether “jeans” was a true plurale tantum, since the word “jean” exists and describes a type of cloth.

Related words

• plural
• pluralism
• pluralist
• pluralistic
• plurality
• pluralization
• antipluralist
• plural stem
• plural nominative
• plural numeral