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Plural of arcade

regular plural

The plural of arcade is arcades.

Forms of arcade

Singulararcade /ɑɹˈkeɪd/
Pluralarcades
Countablecountable

Arcades in a sentence

  • The fish-and-chipperies, the souvenir shops and the penny arcades look forlorn and winter hopeless, two steps from abandonment.2006, Joe Bennett, Mustn’t Grumble: An Accidental Return to England, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 215. From the entry fish-and-chippery
  • The low, unsavoury arcades that line it are damp with melted snow, and thronged with hulking Oberländers and their black-bodiced, white-chemisetted womankind.1903, Horace Rumbold, “Berne, 1864–1866”, in Recollections of a Diplomatist, volume II, London: Edward Arnold, pages 161–162. From the entry chemisetted
  • We'd emerge from the subterranean station into Forty-second Street's urban blightscape: the tawdry glow of crumbling old theaters; noisy-clanging-beeping pinball arcades; greasy luncheonettes; and cheap-looking hookers.2009, Nelson George, City Kid, unnumbered page. From the entry blightscape
  • Keep in mind that this version is 65% complete, so changes to the movesets and timing are bound to happen until its release in the arcades next April.2008, GameAxis Unwired, number 62, page 18. From the entry moveset

Meaning of arcade

  1. noun A row of arches.
  2. noun A covered passage, usually with shops on both sides.
  3. verb To cover (something) as with a series of arches.

Full definition of arcade

Questions about the plural of arcade

What is the plural of arcade?
The plural of arcade is arcades.
Is arcade countable?
Arcade is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arcade (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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