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French Grammar - Nouns that only exist in the plural

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😼 Some nouns in French do not have a singular form, they only exist in the plural form.

Here are they: 👀

French
Translation
Nom Exemple Noun Example
des affres (f) Les affres du désespoir agonies The pangs of despair
aux alentours (m) aux alentours de la maison around around the house
des annales (f) ceci restera gravé dans les annales annals this will remain engraved in the annals
des archives (f) Je suis le responsable des archives archives I am the archives manager
des armoiries (f) des armoires pleines Ă  craquer cupboards cupboards packed to the brim
des arrérages (m) toucher les arrérages arrears receive the arrears
des arrhes (f) récupérer les arrhes a deposit recover the deposit
des bestiaux (m) de nombreux bestiaux animals (cattle) many animals (cattle)
des condoléances (f) veuillez recevoir nos condoléances condolences please accept our condolences
des Ă©bats (m) des Ă©bats amoureux frolicking lovemaking
des entrailles (f) dans les entrailles de la terre entrails in the bowels of the earth
des environs (m) aux environs de 10h surroundings, around around 10 a.m.
des fiançailles (f) viendrez vous à nos fiançailles? engagement will you come to our engagement?
des fringues (f) (colloquial) je me suis acheté des fringues (argot) clothes I bought myself some clothes
des frusques (f) (colloquial, old language) un entassement de vieilles frusques (vieil argot) clothes a pile of old clothes
des funérailles (f) viendrez vou aux funérailles? funeral will you come to the funeral?
des gens des gens ordinaires people ordinary people
des honoraires (m) voici mes honoraires fees here are the fees
des intempéries (f) nous avons subi des intempéries bad weather we suffered bad weather
des mƓurs (f) ils ont de drîles de mƓurs customs they have funny customs
des obsĂšques (f) viendrez vous aux obsĂšques ? funeral will you come to the funeral?
des vĂȘpres (f) les vĂȘpres ont Ă©tĂ© cĂ©lĂ©brĂ©es l'aprĂšs-midi vespers vespers were celebrated in the afternoon
des victuailles (f) vous reste t il des victuailles victuals (food) do you have any food left

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Nouns


Determiners


Personal and impersonal pronouns


Adjectives


Adverbs


Numbers, measurements, time and quantifiers


Verb forms


Verb constructions


Verb and participle agreement


Tense


The subjunctive, modal verbs, exclamatives and imperatives


The infinitive


Prepositions


Question formation


Relative clauses


Negation


Conjunctions and other linking constructions

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