Plural of calorie
regular plural
The plural of calorie is calories.
Forms of calorie
| Singular | calorie /ˈkæləɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | calories |
| Countable | countable |
Calories in a sentence
- The standard Alliance combat ration for a soldier is 3000 calories per day; biotics are given 4500, as well as a canteen of potent energy drink for quick refreshment after hard combat.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Biotics: Life as a Biotic Codex entry
- It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible.2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3
- We like to drink skim milk instead so as to consume fewer calories.From the entry skim milk
- We like to drink skimmed milk instead so as to consume fewer calories.From the entry skimmed milk
- To burn calories, a thirty-minute jog is equivalent to a couple of hamburgers.From the entry equivalent
Meaning of calorie
- noun A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 kilojoules, that can raise the temperature of a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. This is the unit normally used in food labeling.
- noun A non-SI unit of energy, equivalent to 4.184 joules, that can raise the temperature of a gram of water by one degree Celsius. This unit was formerly widely used in chemistry and physics.
Questions about the plural of calorie
- What is the plural of calorie?
- The plural of calorie is calories.
- Is calorie countable?
- Calorie is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: calorie (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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