Plural of apple
regular plural
The plural of apple is apples.
Forms of apple
| Singular | apple /ˈæpəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | apples /ˈæp.(ə)lz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Apples in a sentence
- The apples felt strangely heavy in his hands, and when he looked at them one was as ugly and lethal-looking as the other.1956, Marion Hargrove, The Girl He Left Behind: Or, All Quiet in the Third Platoon, New York, N.Y.: Viking Books, →OCLC, page 129
- A peasant blouse that showed the tops of those lovely little apples.1975, C[harles] W[illiam] Smith, chapter IX, in Country Music, New York, N.Y.: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, →ISBN, page 256
- The fruit trees in the yard keep me in apples and pears for most of the year.From the entry in
- These apples here are for eating. The rest are for throwing away.From the entry for
- You can buy apples in a pack, but they are cheaper loose.From the entry loose
Meaning of apple
- noun The fruit of the tree Malus domestica, chiefly with a green, red, or yellow skin, cultivated in temperate climates for cidermaking, cooking, and eating.
- noun Often with a qualifying word: any fruit or vegetable, or any other thing (such as a cone or gall) produced by a plant, especially if from a tree and similar to the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1).
- noun Something which resembles the fruit of Malus domestica (noun sense 1.1) in shape (such as a ball, breast, or globe) or colour.
Questions about the plural of apple
- What is the plural of apple?
- The plural of apple is apples.
- Is apple countable?
- Apple is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: apple (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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