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Plural of hurricane

regular plural

The plural of hurricane is hurricanes.

Forms of hurricane

Singularhurricane /ˈhʌɹɪkən/
Pluralhurricanes
Countablecountable

Hurricanes in a sentence

  • The vortex is a spinning, cyclonic mass of fluid, which can be observed in the rotation of water going down a drain, as well as in smoke rings, tornados and hurricanes.2013 March, Frank Fish, George Lauder, “Not Just Going with the Flow”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the...
  • This town has been hit by two hurricanes, but it survives.From the entry survive
  • A low barometric pressure is characteristic of hurricanes.From the entry barometric
  • This house has survived two hurricanes.From the entry survive
  • Derechos have winds as powerful as those of some hurricanes and tornadoes.2016, Bill Streever, And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind, Hachette, unnumbered page. From the entry derecho

Meaning of hurricane

  1. noun A severe tropical cyclone; an intense storm rotating around a central eye.
  2. noun A severe tropical cyclone in the North Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, or in the eastern North Pacific off the west coast of Mexico, with winds of 119 km/h (74 miles per hour) or greater accompanied by rain, lightning, and thunder that sometimes moves into temperate latitudes.
  3. noun A great forceful onrush.

Full definition of hurricane

Questions about the plural of hurricane

What is the plural of hurricane?
The plural of hurricane is hurricanes.
Is hurricane countable?
Hurricane is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hurricane (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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