"third-person plural" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: third-person plurals [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} third-person plural (plural third-person plurals)
  1. (grammar) The form of a verb used (in English and other languages) with plural nouns and with the pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages). Categories (topical): Grammar Related terms: third person, third-person dual, third-person singular, first-person plural, second-person plural Translations (Translations): troisième personne du pluriel [feminine] (French), მესამე პირის მრავლობითი რიცხვი (mesame ṗiris mravlobiti ricxvi) (Georgian), მესამე პირი მრავლობითში (mesame ṗiri mravlobitši) (Georgian), dritte Person Plural (German), terza persona plurale [feminine] (Italian), 三人称複数 (sanninshō fukusū) (Japanese), 3인칭 복수 (saminching boksu) (Korean), terceira pessoa do plural (Portuguese), persoana a treia plural (Romanian), tercera persona del plural (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-third-person_plural-en-noun-k0TeFwJ4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 78 22 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of 'Translations': 73 27
  2. (grammar) The pronoun they (or its equivalents in other languages). Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-third-person_plural-en-noun-hxgwbnc3 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Inflected forms

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