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Plural of adjective

regular plural

The plural of adjective is adjectives.

Forms of adjective

Singularadjective /ˈæd͡ʒ.ɪk.tɪv/
Pluraladjectives
Countablecountable

Adjectives in a sentence

  • The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
  • "They'll have to invent new adjectives when I come back.1932, Delos W. Lovelace, King Kong, published 1965, page 8
  • In Latin, adjectives and nouns inflect a lot, but inflection is minimally found in Modern English.From the entry inflect
  • The gradability of adjectives has important consequences for their grammatical behaviour.From the entry gradability
  • Adjectives and nouns should agree in gender, number, and case.From the entry number

Meaning of adjective

  1. noun A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.
  2. noun A dependent; an accessory.
  3. adjective Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective.

Full definition of adjective

Questions about the plural of adjective

What is the plural of adjective?
The plural of adjective is adjectives.
Is adjective countable?
Adjective is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: adjective (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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