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French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in
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** des details (details), | ** des details (details), | ||
** des éventails (fans), | ** des éventails (fans), | ||
** des rails (rails), | |||
** des gouvernails (rudders). | ** des gouvernails (rudders). | ||
Revision as of 15:32, 30 November 2021
French Grammar - Irregular plurals for nouns ending in -ail
Regular Plural
- Many nouns ending in
-ail
have a regular plural in-ails
, for example:- des details (details),
- des éventails (fans),
- des rails (rails),
- des gouvernails (rudders).
Irregular Plural
- 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) |