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Plural of glossary

regular plural

The plural of glossary is glossaries.

Forms of glossary

Singularglossary /ˈɡlɒs.ə.ɹi/
Pluralglossaries
Countablecountable

Glossaries in a sentence

  • I refer to the sinister glossaries appended to sixteenth-century accounts of criminals and vagabonds.1988, Stephen Jay Greenblatt, Shakespearean Negotiations. From the entry lorel
  • The nighantus, which are concerned with the interpretation of sacred literature, are glossaries of obscure words found in Vedic texts.2006, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics 2ed, Elsevier, page 614. From the entry nighantu

Meaning of glossary

  1. noun A list of difficult words or specialized terms used in a particular book or document, or in a particular domain of knowledge, with their definitions; a list of glosses (explanatory annotations).

Full definition of glossary

Questions about the plural of glossary

What is the plural of glossary?
The plural of glossary is glossaries.
Is glossary countable?
Glossary is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: glossary (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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