Plural of allergy
regular plural
The plural of allergy is allergies.
Forms of allergy
| Singular | allergy /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | allergies /ˈæl.əɹ.d͡ʒiz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Allergies in a sentence
- I used to have allergies but I outgrew all of them.From the entry outgrow
- My allergies act up during hay fever season.From the entry act up
- A technical word, such as hyperkalemia or hypoallergenic, can be glossed for general audiences with a circumlocution, such as "high potassium level" or "less likely to cause allergies" (respectively).From the entry circumlocution
- If I can find some anamu, it will also help with your allergies.2017, Cathryn Fox, Bonding Games. From the entry anamu
- With the children all gone and with our allergies, we have been petless since.2007, Junius A. Davis, Diary of a Curable Romantic, page 222. From the entry petless
Meaning of allergy
- noun A disorder of the immune system causing adverse reactions to substances (allergens) not harmful to most and marked by the body's production of histamines and associated with atopy, anaphylaxis, and asthma; any condition of hypersensitivity to a substance.
- noun Specifically, hypersensitivity of class I in the modern classification thereof: the immunoglobulin E–mediated type.
- noun An antipathy, as toward a person or activity.
Questions about the plural of allergy
- What is the plural of allergy?
- The plural of allergy is allergies.
- Is allergy countable?
- Allergy is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: allergy (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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