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==General Rule: plural in <code>-aux</code>==
==General Rule: plural in <code>-aux</code>==
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!Singular  French
!Singular  French
!Plural French
!Plural French
!English
!Translation
|-
|-
|un animal
|un animal
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|-
|-
|un caporal
|un caporal
|des caporaux
|des caporaux  
|corporal(s)
|corporal(s)
|-
|-
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!Singular  French
!Singular  French
!Plural French
!Plural French
!English
!Translation
|-
|-
|un bal
|un bal
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|des cals
|des cals
|callus(es)
|callus(es)
|-
|un carnaval
|des carnavals
|carnival(s)
|-
|-
|un cérémonial
|un cérémonial
|des cérémonials
|des cérémonials
|ceremony  des)
|ceremony  des)
|-
|un chacal
|des chacals
|jackal(s)
|-
|-
|un festival
|un festival
|des festivals
|des festivals
|festival(s)
|festival(s)
|-
|un emmental
|des emmentals
|Emmental cheese(s)
|-
|-
|un récital
|un récital
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|des régals
|des régals
|feast(s)
|feast(s)
|-
|un rorqual
|des rorquals
|whale(s): kind of whale
|}
|}


 
=== Foreign Origin ===
Several words borrowed from foreign languages form their plural in <code>-s</code>:
Several words borrowed from foreign languages form their plural in <code>-s</code>:


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!Singular  French
!Singular  French
!Plural French
!Plural French
!English
!Word Origin
|-
!Translation
|un bal
|des bals
|dance(s)
|-
|un cal
|des cals
|callus(es)
|-
|-
|un carnaval
|un carnaval
|des carnavals
|des carnavals
|Italian
|carnival(s)
|carnival(s)
|-
|un cérémonial
|des cérémonials
|ceremony  des)
|-
|-
|un chacal
|un chacal
|des chacals
|des chacals
|Turkish
|jackal(s)
|jackal(s)
|-
|un festival
|des festivals
|festival(s)
|-
|-
|un emmental
|un emmental
|des emmentals
|des emmentals
|German
|Emmental cheese(s)
|Emmental cheese(s)
|-
|un récital
|des récitals
|recital(s)
|-
|un régal
|des régals
|feast(s)
|-
|-
|un rorqual
|un rorqual
|des rorquals
|des rorquals
|Norwegian
|whale(s): kind of whale
|whale(s): kind of whale
|}
|}
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==Other Chapters==
==Other Chapters==
{{French-Grammar-Course-Menu}}
{{French-Grammar-Course-Menu}}
==Videos==
===FRENCH WORDS ending in "AL" & their plural form - YouTube===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_D8Kw0MNfI</youtube>
===French Plural of Nouns - How To Make A Noun Plural in French ...===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZOvVRVnt9I</youtube>
===Surprising irregular FRENCH plurals - YouTube===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Vx9Lq1Ls0</youtube>
===Learn French - How To Make A Noun Plural In French - YouTube===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56aukrZA4wI</youtube>
===French plural ending in X | Plural of nouns and adjectives - YouTube===
<youtube>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-h2kDjOIEo</youtube>
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French Grammar – Plurals of nouns ending in -al

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General Rule: plural in -aux[edit | edit source]

Most nouns ending in -al have a plural in -aux:

Singular French Plural French Translation
un animal des animaux animal(s)
un bocal des bocaux jar(s)
un caporal des caporaux corporal(s)
un cheval des chevaux horse(s)
un idéal des idéaux ideal(s)
un journal des journaux newspaper(s)
un mal des maux evil(s)
un terminal des terminaux terminal(s)
un tribunal des tribunaux court(s)
un val des vaux valley(s): word used in poetic language

Exceptions: plural in -s[edit | edit source]

However, there are exceptions which form their plural in -s:

Singular French Plural French Translation
un bal des bals dance(s)
un cal des cals callus(es)
un cérémonial des cérémonials ceremony des)
un festival des festivals festival(s)
un récital des récitals recital(s)
un régal des régals feast(s)

Foreign Origin[edit | edit source]

Several words borrowed from foreign languages form their plural in -s:

Singular French Plural French Word Origin Translation
un carnaval des carnavals Italian carnival(s)
un chacal des chacals Turkish jackal(s)
un emmental des emmentals German Emmental cheese(s)
un rorqual des rorquals Norwegian whale(s): kind of whale

Video (in French) - Pluriel des noms se terminant par -AL[edit | edit source]

Plural of Nouns (all lessons)[edit source]

Other Chapters[edit | edit source]

Table of Contents

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

Videos[edit | edit source]

FRENCH WORDS ending in "AL" & their plural form - YouTube[edit | edit source]

French Plural of Nouns - How To Make A Noun Plural in French ...[edit | edit source]

Surprising irregular FRENCH plurals - YouTube[edit | edit source]

Learn French - How To Make A Noun Plural In French - YouTube[edit | edit source]

French plural ending in X | Plural of nouns and adjectives - YouTube[edit | edit source]