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Plural of element

regular plural

The plural of element is elements.

Forms of element

Singularelement /ˈɛlɪmənt/
Pluralelements /ˈɛlɪmənts/
Countablecountable

Elements in a sentence

  • Letters are the elements of written language.
  • The she asked the elements to send their spirits to her.1965, Attila Zohar, Kings Cross Black Magic, Sydney: Horwitz Publications, page 59
  • A group contains a unique inverse for each of its elements.From the entry contain
  • She was endeavoring to teach us the elements of a good prose style.From the entry endeavor
  • Under unusual conditions, even gold can be made to bond with other elements.From the entry bond

Meaning of element

  1. noun One of the simplest or essential parts or principles of which anything consists, or upon which the constitution or fundamental powers of anything are based.
  2. noun Any one of the types of atom distinguished by having a certain number of protons in its nucleus.
  3. noun A chemical substance made entirely of one such type of atom; any one of the simplest chemical substances that cannot be decomposed in a chemical reaction or by any chemical means and made up of atoms all having the same number of protons.

Full definition of element

Questions about the plural of element

What is the plural of element?
The plural of element is elements.
Is element countable?
Element is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: element (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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