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Plural of ens

regular plural

The plural of ens is enses or entia.

Forms of ens

Singularens /ˈɛnz/
Pluralenses
entia
Countablecountable

Meaning of ens

  1. noun An entity or being; an existing thing, as opposed to a quality or attribute.
  2. noun Something supposed to condense within itself all the virtues and qualities of a substance from which it is extracted; an essence, an active principle.

Full definition of ens

Questions about the plural of ens

What is the plural of ens?
The plural of ens is enses or entia.
Which is correct, enses or entia?
Both are used. entia is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is ens countable?
Ens is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ens (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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