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Plural of discus

regular plural

The plural of discus is discuses.

Forms of discus

Singulardiscus /ˈdɪs.kəs/
Pluraldiscuses
Countableusually uncountable

Discuses in a sentence

  • The quickest and nimblest were probably the oxycones, throwing themselves through the water like discuses.2017, Danna Staaf, Squid Empire, ForeEdge, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry quick
  • Rather than darts, large razor-bladed discuses flew towards Dresdan.2023, Seth Pen, Stephen Lundy, Legend of the Samurai: Summoning, page 126. From the entry razor-bladed

Meaning of discus

  1. noun A round plate-like object that is thrown for sport.
  2. noun The athletics event of discus throw.
  3. noun A discus fish (genus Symphysodon).

Full definition of discus

Questions about the plural of discus

What is the plural of discus?
The plural of discus is discuses.
Is discus countable?
Discus is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: discus (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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