"plurale tantum" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌplʊɚ.ə.leɪ ˈtæn.təm/ [US], /ˌplɝ.ə.leɪ -/ [US] Audio: Pluraletantumwiktionary.ogg [US] Forms: pluralia tantum [plural]
Etymology: From Latin plurale tantum (“plural as such, plural only”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|plurale tantum||plural as such, plural only}} Latin plurale tantum (“plural as such, plural only”) Head templates: {{en-noun|pluralia tantum|nolinkhead=1}} plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum)
  1. (grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form. Wikipedia link: plurale tantum Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: duale tantum, singulare tantum, uncountable Translations (a noun without a singular form): اِسْم جَمْع (ism jamʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan) (Armenian), plurale tantum [masculine] (Catalan), podstatné jméno pomnožné [neuter] (Czech), plurale tantum [neuter] (Dutch), pluratiivi (Finnish), monikkosana (Finnish), plurale tantum [masculine] (French), მრავლობით რიცხვში მდგომი არსებითი სახელები (mravlobit ricxvši mdgomi arsebiti saxelebi) (Georgian), Pluraletantum [neuter] (German), Pluralwort [neuter] (German), fleirtöluorð [neuter] (Icelandic), fleirtölunafnorð [neuter] (Icelandic), plurale tantum [masculine] (Italian), 絶対複数 (zettai-fukusū) (Japanese), plurale tantum [neuter] (Latin), daudzskaitlinieks [masculine] (Latvian), اسم جمع (esm-e jam') (Persian), plurale tantum [plural] (Polish), plurale tantum [masculine] (Portuguese), substantiv plurale tantum [neuter] (Romanian), плюра́лия та́нтум (pljurálija tántum) [neuter] (Russian), plurale tantum (Spanish), plurale tantum [neuter] (Swedish), topluluk ismi (Turkish)

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