Plural of finch
regular plural
The plural of finch is finches.
Forms of finch
| Singular | finch /fɪnt͡ʃ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | finches |
| Countable | countable |
Finches in a sentence
- "All these finches seem to get themselves up in the same way nowadays, till I can't tell one sort of tart from another.1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
- A charm of finches flew overhead, singing into the vivid afternoon sky.2018, Holly Ringland, The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. From the entry charm
- The molecular work also makes a compelling case that Darwin's finches were originally grassquits.1999, Peter R. Grant, Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches, page xv. From the entry grassquit
- Some female zebra finches reared with Bengalese finches for 40 days responded to male zebra finches.1981, D. M. Broom, Biology of Behaviour: Mechanisms, Functions and Applications, page 214. From the entry Bengalese finch
- Quantitative evidence comes, among others, from three studies of adolescent male zebra finches misimprinted on Bengalese finches.1981, Klaus Immelmann, Stephen J. Suomi, “14: Sensitive phases in Development”, in Klaus Immelmann, George W. Barlow, Lewis Petrinovich…. From the entry Bengalese finch
Meaning of finch
- noun Any Eurasian goldfinch (of species Carduelis carduelis, syn. Fringilla carduelis).
- noun Any bird of the family Fringillidae, seed-eating passerine birds, native chiefly to the Northern Hemisphere and usually having a conical beak.
- noun Any bird of other families of similar appearance to members of family Fringillidae.
Questions about the plural of finch
- What is the plural of finch?
- The plural of finch is finches.
- Is finch countable?
- Finch is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: finch (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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