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Plural of harlequin

regular plural

The plural of harlequin is harlequins.

Forms of harlequin

Singularharlequin /ˈhɑːlɪkwɪn/
Pluralharlequins
Countablecountable and uncountable

Harlequins in a sentence

  • Late departers (late May) are surf scoters, while harlequins and white-winged scoters may occur in summer.1961, British Columbia Provincial Museum, Report of the Provincial Museum of Natural History, page 22. From the entry departer

Meaning of harlequin

  1. noun A pantomime fool, typically dressed in colorful checkered clothes, used as a stock character in commedia dell'arte and other genres.
  2. noun A greenish-chartreuse color.
  3. noun A harlequin duck.

Full definition of harlequin

Questions about the plural of harlequin

What is the plural of harlequin?
The plural of harlequin is harlequins.
Is harlequin countable?
Harlequin is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: harlequin (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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