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Plural of carol

regular plural

The plural of carol is carols.

Forms of carol

Singularcarol /ˈkæɹəl/
Pluralcarols
Countablecountable

Carols in a sentence

  • I'm not much of a holiday merrymaker, but I do appreciate a stiff glass of eggnog while the others sing carols.From the entry merrymaker
  • Dorothy Lisonbee, the gamemistress, filled a lively evening with pioneer games and favorite Christmas carols.1992 March–April, “Tempe, Arizona Chapter Holds Installation Dinner”, in Lewis B. Murdock, editor, Pioneer, volume 39, number 2, Salt Lake…. From the entry gamemistress
  • Down at the corner, carols bugled steamily from a mission soup-kitchen.1953 December, Hortense Calisher, “A Christmas Carillon: A Story”, in John Fischer, editor, Harper’s Magazine, volume 207, number 1243…. From the entry alleluia
  • Festivities last several days as church groups visit relatives and friends, singing traditional carols and enjoying plates of food at each stop.2016 January 8, Hannah Colton, “Nushagak Villages Celebrate Orthodox Christmas”, in KDLG: Public Radio for Alaska’s Bristol Bay, archived…. From the entry Slavi
  • But I know you'll be up and singing Christmas carols by tomorrow morning, checking on the roof project, telling everyone what to do.”2014, Christine Rimmer, The Earl's Pregnant Bride, Toronto, ON: Harlequin Enterprises, →ISBN, page 216. From the entry postpartum

Meaning of carol

  1. noun A round dance accompanied by singing.
  2. noun A ballad or song of joy.
  3. noun A (usually traditional) religious or secular song sung at Christmastime.

Full definition of carol

Questions about the plural of carol

What is the plural of carol?
The plural of carol is carols.
Is carol countable?
Carol is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: carol (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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