Plural of council
regular plural
The plural of council is councils.
Forms of council
| Singular | council /ˈkaʊn.səl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | councils |
| Countable | countable |
Councils in a sentence
- The government planned to decentralize power to local councils.From the entry decentralize
- Town and parish councils, which are funded largely through “precepts” on tax bills, face no such restrictions.2026 February 1, “Why lots of English towns are creating puny local governments: Mad for parish councils”, in The Economist. From the entry precept
- They will be replaced by large unitary councils that will handle everything.2026 February 1, “Why lots of English towns are creating puny local governments: Mad for parish councils”, in The Economist. From the entry parish council
- Municipal councils can decide and divide municipalities into smaller administrative units called elderships.2023 February, Katarína Vitálišová, Jaroslav Dvořák, “Differences and Similarities in Local Participative Governance in Slovakia and…. From the entry eldership
- The other powers of demarchic councils would stem from their command over resources, human or inanimate.1993, W. Paul Cockshott and Allin Cottrell, Towards a New Socialism, page 168. From the entry demarchic
Meaning of council
- noun A committee that leads or governs (e.g. city council, student council).
- noun A local authority.
- noun Discussion or deliberation.
Questions about the plural of council
- What is the plural of council?
- The plural of council is councils.
- Is council countable?
- Council is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: council (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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