Plural of fly
regular plural
The plural of fly is flies.
Forms of fly
| Singular | fly /flaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | flies /flaɪz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Plural of fly by meaning
- any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some...: flies
- the action of flying; flight.: flys or flies
Flies in a sentence
- A place like the Right Livers' Rest was bound to draw freaks, same as molasses draws flies.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter V, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC
- The flies and mosquitoes that come with the oppressive summer heat haven’t arrived yet.2019 October 24, Dennis Webster, “'An indictment of South Africa': whites-only town Orania is booming”, in The Guardian, archived from the...
- These flies are a bother. I’ll get some bug spray and kill them.From the entry bug
- Those little wriggling worms are the larvae of flies who laid eggs here.From the entry worm
- Having flies in your bedroom when you're trying to sleep is really annoying.From the entry annoying
Meaning of fly
- noun Any insect of the order Diptera; characterized by having two wings (except for some wingless species), also called true flies.
- noun Especially, any of the insects of the family Muscidae, such as the common housefly (other families of Diptera include mosquitoes and midges).
- noun Those or any similar but not closely related insect, such as a dragonfly, butterfly, or gallfly.
Questions about the plural of fly
- What is the plural of fly?
- The plural of fly is flies.
- Is fly countable?
- Fly is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fly (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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