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French Grammar – Plurals of nouns ending in
-al
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General Rule: plural in -aux
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Most nouns ending in -al
have a plural in -aux
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Singular French | Plural French | Translation |
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un animal | des animaux | animal(s) |
un bocal | des bocaux | jar(s) |
un caporal | des caporaux | corporal(s) |
un cheval | des chevaux | horse(s) |
un idéal | des idéaux | ideal(s) |
un journal | des journaux | newspaper(s) |
un mal | des maux | evil(s) |
un terminal | des terminaux | terminal(s) |
un tribunal | des tribunaux | court(s) |
un val | des vaux | valley(s): word used in poetic language |
Exceptions: plural in -s
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However, there are exceptions which form their plural in -s
:
Singular French | Plural French | Translation |
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un bal | des bals | dance(s) |
un cal | des cals | callus(es) |
un cérémonial | des cérémonials | ceremony des) |
un festival | des festivals | festival(s) |
un récital | des récitals | recital(s) |
un régal | des régals | feast(s) |
Foreign Origin[edit | edit source]
Several words borrowed from foreign languages form their plural in -s
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Singular French | Plural French | Word Origin | Translation |
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un carnaval | des carnavals | Italian | carnival(s) |
un chacal | des chacals | Turkish | jackal(s) |
un emmental | des emmentals | German | Emmental cheese(s) |
un rorqual | des rorquals | Norwegian | whale(s): kind of whale |
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FRENCH WORDS ending in "AL" & their plural form - YouTube[edit | edit source]
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