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Plural of fig

regular plural

The plural of fig is figs.

Forms of fig

Singularfig /fɪɡ/
Pluralfigs /fɪɡz/
Countablecountable

Figs in a sentence

  • (2) that wheat, barley, millet and figs were measured by a system of dry capacity.1975, Atti. From the entry khoinix
  • The posterio-lateral socket ridge lies between the socket and the interarea (pl. 2, figs. 9b, 13b, 16b).1949, Geological Survey Professional Paper, page L-2. From the entry interarea
  • Everyone becomes addicted to my tomato flamiche, my far breton made with figs and also my Croatian pepper biscuits.2013, Barbara Unković, “Visitors”, in Weeds in the Garden of Eden: A Journey Back to Family Roots, and Life in a Traditional Croatian…. From the entry flamiche
  • He, watchman of gardens, keeps evil away with his mentula up, warding off blight and thieves, garlanded with figs and grapes.1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!. From the entry mentula
  • There are Fuji apples, Meyer lemons, figs, peonies and avocados — although that’s far from a complete census of all that grows there.2023 September 29, Molly Fitzpatrick, “He’s the Pawpaw King of Brooklyn. (What’s a Pawpaw?)”, in The New York Times, →ISSN. From the entry peony

Meaning of fig

  1. noun The fruit of the fig tree, pear-shaped and containing many small seeds.
  2. noun A fruit-bearing tree or shrub of the genus Ficus that is native mainly to the tropics.
  3. noun The value of a fig, practically nothing; a fico; a whit.

Full definition of fig

Questions about the plural of fig

What is the plural of fig?
The plural of fig is figs.
Is fig countable?
Fig is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fig (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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