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French Grammar - Nouns that only exist in the plural
| Nom | Exemple | Noun | Example |
|---|---|---|---|
| des affres (f) | Les affres du désespoir | agonies | The pangs of despair |
| aux alentours (m) | aux alentours de la maison | around | around the house |
| des annales (f) | ceci restera gravé dans les annales | annals | this will remain engraved in the annals |
| des archives (f) | Je suis le responsable des archives | archives | I am the archives manager |
| des armoiries (f) | des armoires pleines à craquer | (coat of) arms | cupboards packed to the brim |
| des arrérages (m) | toucher les arrérages | arrears | touch the arrears |
| des arrhes (f) | récupérer les arrhes | a deposit | recover the deposit |
| des bestiaux (m) | de nombreux bestiaux | animals | many cattle |
| des condoléances (f) | veuillez recevoir nos condoléances | condolences | please accept our condolences |
| des ébats (m) | des ébats amoureux | frolicking | lovemaking |
| des entrailles (f) | dans les entrailles de la terre | entrails | in the bowels of the earth |
| des environs (m) | aux environs de 10h | surroundings | around 10 a.m. |
| des fiançailles (f) | viendrez vous à nos fiançailles? | engagement | will you come to our engagement? |
| des fringues (f) (colloquial) | je me suis acheté des fringues | clothes | I bought myself some clothes |
| des frusques (f) (colloquial, old language) | un entassement de vieilles frusques | clothes | a pile of old clothes |
| des funérailles (f) | viendrez vou aux funérailles? | funeral | will you come to the funeral? |
| des gens | des gens ordinaires | people | ordinary people |
| des honoraires (m) | voici mles honoraires | fees | here are the fees |
| des intempéries (f) | nous avons subi des intempéries | bad weather | we suffered bad weather |
| des moeurs (f) | ils ont de drôles de mœurs | customs | they have funny customs |
| des obsèques (f) | viendrez vous aux obsèques ? | funeral | will you come to the funeral? |
| des vêpres (f), poetic language | les vêpres ont été célébrées l'après-midi | vespers | vespers were celebrated in the afternoon |
| des victuailles (f) | vous reste t il des victuailles | victuals | do you have any food left |
| French | English | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nom | Exemple | Noun | Example |
| des affres (f) | agonies | ||
| aux alentours (m) | around | ||
| des annales (f) | annals | ||
| des archives (f) | archives | ||
| des armoiries (f) | (coat of) arms | ||
| des arrérages (m) | arrears | ||
| des arrhes (f) | a deposit | ||
| des bestiaux (m) | animals | ||
| des condoléances (f) | condolences | ||
| des ébats (m) | frolicking | ||
| des entrailles (f) | entrails | ||
| des environs (m) | surroundings | ||
| des fiançailles (f) | engagement | ||
| des fringues (f) (colloquial) | clothes | ||
| des frusques (f) (colloquial) | clothes | ||
| des funérailles (f) | funeral | ||
| des gens | people | ||
| des honoraires (m) | fees | ||
| des intempéries (f) | bad weather | ||
| des moeurs (f) | customs | ||
| des obsèques (f) | funeral | ||
| des vêpres (f) | vespers | ||
| des victuailles (f) | victuals | ||