Plural of jail
regular plural
The plural of jail is jails.
Forms of jail
| Singular | jail /d͡ʒeɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | jails /d͡ʒeɪlz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Jails in a sentence
- All that hooky playing, stealing, and getting sent to juvenile jails had set me way back.2006, Noire [pseudonym], Thug-A-Licious: An Urban Erotic Tale, New York, N.Y.: One World, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry hooky
- The world's thiefhood is ready made; there are crimes and there are laws and jails.1996, Joseph S. Catalano, Good Faith and Other Essays: Perspectives on a Sartrean Ethics. From the entry thiefhood
- And now a knockoff – a “Croc-off”? – of the polarizing footwear has a new clientele: prisoners in local jails.2019 August 7, Kathy Hieatt, “Croc-style shoes proving popular in local jails”, in The Virginian-Pilot. From the entry croc-off
- The vast majority – 97%, according to Nilsen – have served part of their sentences at higher-security jails in Norway.2012 May 24, John D. Sutter, “Welcome to the world’s nicest prison”, in CNN. From the entry Nilsen
- On the winding road to Petropolis, they did not speak, not about modernism or the construction of houses or antique bird jails or fine how-do-you-dos.2010, Michael Sledge, The More I Owe You: A Novel, Counterpoint Press, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry how do you do
Meaning of jail
- noun A place or institution for the confinement of persons held against their will in lawful custody or detention, especially (in US usage) a place where people are held for minor offenses or with reference to some future judicial proceeding.
- noun Confinement in a jail.
- noun The condition created by the requirement that a horse claimed in a claiming race not be run at another track for some period of time (usually 30 days).
Questions about the plural of jail
- What is the plural of jail?
- The plural of jail is jails.
- Is jail countable?
- Jail is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jail (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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