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French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in
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French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in -ail
Regular Plural
- Many nouns ending in
-ailhave a regular plural in-ails, for example: 😀- des details (details),
- des éventails (fans),
- des rails (rails),
- des gouvernails (rudders).
Irregular Plural
- 👀 However, there are 9 exceptions which are pluralized with
-aux:
| Singular French | Plural French | Translation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | un bail | des baux | lease(s) |
| 2 | un corail | des coraux | coral(s) |
| 3 | un émail | des émaux | enamel(s) |
| 4 | un soupirail | des soupiraux | window(s) |
| 5 | le travail | les travaux | work(s) |
| 6 | le ventail | les ventaux | No English equivalent = moving part(s) of a door |
| 7 | un vitrail | des vitraux | stained glass window(s) |
| 8 | un fermail | des fermaux | kinds of staples used in archeology (rare word) |
| 9 | un gemmail | des gemmaux | a stained-glass window whose piece(s) of glass are not united by lead rods (rare word) |