Plural of fiddle
regular plural
The plural of fiddle is fiddles.
Forms of fiddle
| Singular | fiddle /ˈfɪd(ə)l/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | fiddles |
| Countable | countable |
Fiddles in a sentence
- I will be a party to no fiddles.'1947 June 22, People, p. 4
- I know you'll think this is one of my fiddles.1959 Sept. 4, The Spectator, p. 297
- There are fiddles and squeezeboxes and ugly sticks and sometimes even drums to make the music.2010, Penny Draper, “Bella”, in Laura Peetoom, editor, A Terrible Roar of Water (Disaster Strikes; 5), Regina, Sask.: Coteau Books, →ISBN…. From the entry ugly stick
- Fiddles instead of drums and girls, very pretty girls, Ewing, in drawingrooms.1931, Joseph Hergesheimer, The Limestone Tree, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, pages 269 and 282, 311, and 368. From the entry drawingroom
- For this occasion there were gathered together some five hundred musicians who played on fifes, fiddles, trumps, trombones, and pommers.1936, Ray Giles, «Here Comes the Band!», New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers, page 176. From the entry pommer
Meaning of fiddle
- noun A violin, a small unfretted stringed instrument with four strings tuned (lowest to highest) G-D-A-E, usually held against the chin, shoulder, chest or on the upper thigh and played with a bow (see also usage notes below).
- noun Any of various other bowed stringed instruments, particularly those of the violin family when played non-classically.
- noun A violinist, or fiddler, in a band.
Questions about the plural of fiddle
- What is the plural of fiddle?
- The plural of fiddle is fiddles.
- Is fiddle countable?
- Fiddle is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fiddle (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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