Plural of animal
regular plural
The plural of animal is animals.
Forms of animal
| Singular | animal /ˈænɪməl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | animals /ˈæn.ɪ.məlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Animals in a sentence
- Humans, like other animals, need air to breathe and food to eat.
- With more settled people, animals were harnessed to capstans or caged in treadmills to turn grist into meal.2013 July-August, Henry Petroski, “Geothermal Energy”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4
- A large portion of domestic meat production comes from animals raised on factory farms.From the entry meat
- My daughter told me about all the different animals she saw at the zoo.From the entry different
- The leaves covering the forest floor provide many hiding-places for small animals.From the entry floor
Meaning of animal
- noun A multicellular organism of the kingdom Animalia that is usually mobile, with cells that are not encased in a rigid cell wall (distinguishing them from plants and fungi) and derives energy solely from the consumption of other organisms.
- noun Any member of the kingdom Animalia other than a human.
- noun A higher animal; an animal related to humans.
Questions about the plural of animal
- What is the plural of animal?
- The plural of animal is animals.
- Is animal countable?
- Animal is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: animal (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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