"plurale tantum" meaning in Englisch

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Noun

Forms: the plurale tantum [singular], the pluralia tantum [plural]
Etymology: aus dem Lateinischen übernommen, „nur Plural“
  1. das Pluraletantum (Pluralwort – Wort, das nicht im Singular vorkommt)
    Sense id: de-plurale_tantum-en-noun-1GjU8Uk9 Topics: linguistics
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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