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Plural of anthem

regular plural

The plural of anthem is anthems.

Forms of anthem

Singularanthem /ˈæn.θəm/ [ˈæn̪.θəm]
Pluralanthems /ˈænθəmz/
Countablecountable

Anthems in a sentence

  • The choir sang a selection of Christmas anthems at the service just before the big day.
  • How sublime a music to hear these hundreds of men entune their sacred anthems to God.2020, Joseph Krauskopf, Jews and Moors in Spain. From the entry entune
  • They also kept the performance of orchestrally accompanied anthems and canticles before a wider London public.2005, Donald Burrows, Handel and the English Chapel Royal, page 40. From the entry orchestrally
  • I just said we shouldn't have two national anthems.2021 September 16, Bill Maher, 7:52 from the start, in Bill Maher on Getting Anger from Both Sides, Our Divided Country & Norm Macdonald’s…. From the entry color blind
  • Inside the ground, they saw parachutists land on the Nursery Ground before the spine-tingling spectacle of the national anthems.2019 July 14, Stephan Shemilt, “England win Cricket World Cup: Ben Stokes stars in dramatic finale against New Zealand”, in BBC Sport…. From the entry spine-tingling

Meaning of anthem

  1. noun Antiphon.
  2. noun A choral or vocal composition, often with a religious or political lyric.
  3. noun A hymn of praise or loyalty.

Full definition of anthem

Questions about the plural of anthem

What is the plural of anthem?
The plural of anthem is anthems.
Is anthem countable?
Anthem is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthem (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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