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French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in
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==French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in | ==French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in <code>-ail</code>== | ||
Many nouns ending in -ail have a regular plural, | Many nouns ending in <code>-ail</code> have a regular plural in <code>-ails</code>, for example, details, sweaters, fans. However, a number of nouns in <code>-ail</code> are pluralized with <code>-aux</code>, like in the examples below: | ||
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!Singular French | !Singular French | ||
!Plural French | !Plural French | ||
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|un bail | |un bail |
Revision as of 15:27, 30 November 2021
French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in -ail
Many nouns ending in -ail
have a regular plural in -ails
, for example, details, sweaters, fans. However, a number of nouns in -ail
are pluralized with -aux
, like in the examples below:
Singular French | Plural French | Translation |
---|---|---|
un bail | des baux | lease(s) |
un corail | des coraux | coral(s) |
un émail | des émaux | enamel(s) |
un soupirail | des soupiraux | window(s) |
le travail | les travaux | work(s) |
un vitrail | des vitraux | stained glass window(s) |