Plural of eye
regular plural
The plural of eye is eyes.
Forms of eye
| Singular | eye /ˈaɪ̯/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | eyes /aɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Less standard forms: eyen (dialectal).
Eyes in a sentence
- Bright lights really hurt my eyes.
- And indeed she had the narrow eyes and the high cheekbone of that creature, and as nearly the sinuosity as is compatible with human symmetry.1921, Ben Travers, chapter I, in A Cuckoo in the Nest, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Page & Company, published 1925, →OCLC
- My cat Fluffy has odd eyes: one blue and one brown.From the entry odd
- The old man had craggy, uncultured features, but had bright, intelligent eyes.From the entry craggy
- Eyes Wide Shut was the last film to be directed by Stanley Kubrick.From the entry last
Meaning of eye
- noun An organ through which animals see (“perceive surroundings via light”).
- noun The visual sense.
- noun The iris of the eye, being of a specified colour.
Questions about the plural of eye
- What is the plural of eye?
- The plural of eye is eyes.
- Is eye countable?
- Eye is a countable noun.
- Is eyen correct?
- eyen is marked dialectal in Wiktionary. The usual plural of eye is eyes.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: eye (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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