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Many nouns ending in -ail have a regular plural, e.g. des détails, des chandails, | Many nouns ending in -ail have a regular plural, e.g. des détails, des chandails, | ||
des éventails but a number of -ail nouns also make their plural with -aux: | des éventails but a number of -ail nouns also make their plural with -aux: | ||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
|Singular French | |||
|Plural French | |||
|English | |||
|- | |||
|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) | |||
|} | |||
Revision as of 12:35, 14 October 2021
French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in –ail
Many nouns ending in -ail have a regular plural, e.g. des détails, des chandails,
des éventails but a number of -ail nouns also make their plural with -aux:
| Singular French | Plural French | English |
| 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) |