Plural of curriculum
irregular plural
The plural of curriculum is curricula or curriculums.
Forms of curriculum
| Singular | curriculum /kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.ləm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | curricula /kəˈɹɪk.jʊ.lə/ curriculums |
| Countable | countable |
Curricula and curriculums in a sentence
- Drawing on texts recommended in curricula and controlling for two countries with benchmarked curricula improves the external representativeness of the corpus.2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Advancing disciplinary literacy through English for academic purposes: Discipline-specific wordlists...
- All the recent nonstudio additions to art curricula only obscure the problem.2001, James Elkins, Why art cannot be taught: a handbook for art students. From the entry nonstudio
- Or all the controversies du jour about masks or wokified curricula or anything else that’s been in the news.2022 February 12, Danny Westneat, “The reason voters see past the terrible headlines with Seattle schools”, in The Seattle Times. From the entry du jour
- In Europe, gardenscaping is a recognizable part of universtiy curricula or is part of the apprentice system we have discarded.1975 May 3, C. G. Milne, “Garden Clinic: Flower Garden Planning Is Important”, in The Muncie Star, volume 99, number 33, Muncie, Ind.…. From the entry gardenscaping
- These scholars seemed more oriented towards Seljuq than Ottoman studies in their research, and even the curricula at the universities emphasized the former.2000 February 29, Stephen Vernoit, Discovering Islamic Art: Scholars, Collectors and Collections, 1850-1950, I.B. Tauris. From the entry Seljuq
Meaning of curriculum
- noun The set of courses, coursework, and content offered at a school or university.
- noun The set of standards schools are required to teach all students.
- noun A racecourse; a place for running.
Nouns ending in -um: plural -a
- minimum (minima)
- medium (media)
- maximum (maxima)
- spectrum (spectra)
- referendum (referenda)
- millennium (millennia)
- consortium (consortia)
- podium (podia)
- aquarium (aquaria)
- optimum (optima)
- gymnasium (gymnasia)
- palladium (palladia)
Questions about the plural of curriculum
- What is the plural of curriculum?
- The plural of curriculum is curricula or curriculums.
- Which is correct, curricula or curriculums?
- Both are used. curricula is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is curriculum countable?
- Curriculum is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: curriculum (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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