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Plural of firearm

regular plural

The plural of firearm is firearms.

Forms of firearm

Singularfirearm /ˈfaɪəɹˌɑː(ɹ)m/
Pluralfirearms
Countablecountable

Firearms in a sentence

  • David was arrested for illegal possession of firearms.
  • On board his boat were various firearms but not much food.From the entry on board
  • In most cases, active shooters use firearms and there is no pattern or method to their selection of victims.From the entry active shooter
  • I have no occasion for firearms.From the entry occasion
  • In some countries, it causes more deaths than small firearms, and in others, more than illnesses.2024 July 8, Lotte Knudsen, quotee, “Road crashes: a silent killer”, in Delegation of the European Union to the UN and other international…. From the entry number one

Meaning of firearm

  1. noun A personal weapon that uses explosive powder to propel a projectile often made of lead.

Full definition of firearm

Questions about the plural of firearm

What is the plural of firearm?
The plural of firearm is firearms.
Is firearm countable?
Firearm is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: firearm (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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