Plural of canary
regular plural
The plural of canary is canaries.
Forms of canary
| Singular | canary /kəˈnɛəɹi/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | canaries /kəˈnɛəɹiːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Canaries in a sentence
- The weakest members of society become social barometers or canaries in a coal mine.2006, Anthony Marcus, Where Have All the Homeless Gone?: The Making and Unmaking of a Crisis, Berghahn Books, →ISBN, page 152. From the entry barometer
- Warrant canaries are legal tricks employed by conscientious organisations to get around the fact that certain demands from the US government cannot be disclosed publicly.2014 May 30, Alex Hern, “Encryption software TrueCrypt closes doors in odd circumstances”, in The Guardian, →ISSN. From the entry warrant canary
Meaning of canary
- noun A small, usually yellow, finch (genus Serinus), a songbird native to the Canary Islands.
- noun Any of various small birds of different countries, most of which are largely yellow in colour.
- noun A female singer, soprano, a coloratura singer.
Questions about the plural of canary
- What is the plural of canary?
- The plural of canary is canaries.
- Is canary countable?
- Canary is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: canary (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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