Plural of changeling
regular plural
The plural of changeling is changelings.
Forms of changeling
| Singular | changeling /ˈtʃeɪn(d)ʒlɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | changelings |
| Countable | countable |
Changelings in a sentence
- Now the grandchildren had been dumped on Restell, looking like changelings from a fairy barrow.1968, Ramona Stewart, Casey, Boston: Little, Brown and Company, page 321. From the entry fairy barrow
- I so often wondered how she could be Atticus’s and Uncle Jack’s sister that I revived half-remembered tales of changelings and mandrake roots that Jem had spun long ago.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, chapter 13, in To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott…. From the entry half-remember
Meaning of changeling
- noun In pre-modern European folklore: an infant of a magical creature that was secretly exchanged for a human infant. In British, Irish and Scandinavian mythology the exchanged infants were thought to be those of fairies, sprites or trolls; in other places, they were ascribed to demons, devils, or witches.
- noun A person or object (especially when regarded as inferior) secretly exchanged for something else.
- noun An infant secretly exchanged with another infant deliberately or by mistake; a swapling.
Questions about the plural of changeling
- What is the plural of changeling?
- The plural of changeling is changelings.
- Is changeling countable?
- Changeling is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: changeling (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of changeling.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/changeling. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.