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Plural of bonito

irregular plural

The plural of bonito is bonito, bonitos or bonitoes.

Forms of bonito

Singularbonito /bəˈniːtoʊ/
Pluralbonito /bəˈniːtoʊ/
bonitos
bonitoes
Countablecountable

Meaning of bonito

  1. noun Any of various marine fish of the genus Sarda that are related to and resemble the tuna, but smaller.
  2. noun A large tropical fish of species Katsuwonus pelamis (skipjack tuna), allied to the tunny.
  3. noun The medregal (Seriola fasciata), an edible fish of the southern United States and the West Indies.

Full definition of bonito

Plural the same as the singular

Questions about the plural of bonito

What is the plural of bonito?
The plural of bonito is bonito, bonitos or bonitoes.
Which is correct, bonitos or bonitoes?
Both are used. bonitos is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is bonito countable?
Bonito is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bonito (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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