Plural of leaf
irregular plural
The plural of leaf is leaves.
Forms of leaf
| Singular | leaf /liːf/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | leaves /ˈliːvz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Leaves in a sentence
- Earless ghost swift moths become “invisible” to echolocating bats by forming mating clusters close (less than half a meter) above vegetation and effectively blending into the clutter of echoes that the bat receives from the leaves and stems around them.2013 May-June, William E. Conner, “An Acoustic Arms Race”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, pages 206–7
- The tomato plants had some kind of disease that left their leaves splotchy and their fruit withered.From the entry disease
- Don't kill yourself raking the leaves now; we're due for a windstorm tonight.From the entry kill
- They used twigs and leaves as a base to start the fire.From the entry twig
- I brought home from the market a nice bunch of fresh spinach leaves straight from the farm.From the entry fresh
Meaning of leaf
- noun The usually green and flat organ that represents the most prominent feature of most vegetative plants.
- noun A foliage leaf or any of the many and often considerably different structures it can specialise into.
- noun Anything resembling the leaf of a plant.
Nouns ending in -f: plural -ves
Questions about the plural of leaf
- What is the plural of leaf?
- The plural of leaf is leaves.
- Is leaf countable?
- Leaf is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: leaf (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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