Plural of household
regular plural
The plural of household is households.
Forms of household
| Singular | household /ˈhaʊshəʊld/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | households |
| Countable | countable |
Households in a sentence
- Nearly half of all renter households in the US were cost-burdened in 2023, meaning they paid more than 30% of their income towards housing costs, according to new government data.2024 September 12, Samantha Delouya, “Nearly half of US renters spend more than 30% of their income on housing costs”, in CNN Business
- This is a heavy-duty fridge that operates on a higher power level than most households can supply.From the entry power level
- The two mothers were known simply as “Missis” in each other’s households.2014, J. Victor Adamec, “The Lord’s Day After: Sunday, June 28”, in Heir Non-Apparent: A Novel Based on the 2002 Dinner Mystery of the…. From the entry missis
- Yang claimed solar energy had been introduced in hotels, guesthouses and “many households”—including his own.[2012 October 25, Tom Phillips, “China’s Chernobyl Cleans Up Its Act”, in The Daily Beast, archived from the original on 05 Dec 2020. From the entry gu
- I notice Pepsi and other kinds of sodas at the shul and at various frum households.2004 October 3, Shlomo Chaim, “Simple questions (yah, right)”, in soc.culture.jewish.moderated (Usenet). From the entry hechsher
Meaning of household
- noun All the persons who live in a given house or other home; a family including attendants, servants etc.; a domestic or family establishment.
- noun Entirety of work and management required to sustain the household.
- noun Legal or culturally determined unit of people living together.
Questions about the plural of household
- What is the plural of household?
- The plural of household is households.
- Is household countable?
- Household is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: household (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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