Plural of asylum
regular plural
The plural of asylum is asylums or asyla.
Forms of asylum
| Singular | asylum /əˈsaɪləm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | asylums /əˈsaɪləmz/ asyla |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Asylums and asyla in a sentence
- Families secreted mad uncles and strange cousins in asylums.1997, Chris Horrocks, Introducing Foucault, Totem Books, Icon Books, →ISBN, page 43. From the entry secrete
- I cannot speak with any confidence of the pre-war dietary of asylum patients, which no doubt differs widely in different asylums.1921, Montagu Lomax, The Experiences of an Asylum Doctor, London: Allen & Unwin, page 119. From the entry dietary
- The insane asylums of California contain many shepherds.1904, Charles Dudley Warner, “The Locoed Novelist”, in The Complete Essays of C. D. Warner. From the entry loco
Meaning of asylum
- noun A place of safety or refuge.
- noun The protection, physical and legal, afforded by such a place (as, for example, for political refugees).
- noun A place of protection or restraint for one or more classes of the disadvantaged, especially the mentally ill.
Questions about the plural of asylum
- What is the plural of asylum?
- The plural of asylum is asylums or asyla.
- Which is correct, asylums or asyla?
- Both are used. asylums is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is asylum countable?
- Asylum is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: asylum (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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