Plural of ellipse
regular plural
The plural of ellipse is ellipses.
Forms of ellipse
| Singular | ellipse /ɪˈlɪps/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ellipses /ɪˈlɪpsɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Ellipses in a sentence
- Instead, wrapped in whispers are ellipses, euphemisms, mumbled aporia followed by throat-clearing and a brisk change of subject.2016, Ian McEwan, Nutshell, Vintage, page 9. From the entry aporia
- That's why we now have exactly one million kazillion rules for the only one proper way to use ellipses.2007, D. L. Birchfield, How Choctaws Invented Civilization and why Choctaws Will Conquer the World. From the entry kazillion
Meaning of ellipse
- noun A closed curve, the locus of a point such that the sum of the distances from that point to two other fixed points (called the foci of the ellipse) is constant; equivalently, the conic section that is the intersection of a cone with a plane that does not intersect the base of the cone.
- verb To remove from a phrase a word which is grammatically needed, but which is clearly understood without having to be stated.
Questions about the plural of ellipse
- What is the plural of ellipse?
- The plural of ellipse is ellipses.
- Is ellipse countable?
- Ellipse is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ellipse (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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