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Plural of library

regular plural

The plural of library is libraries.

Forms of library

Singularlibrary /ˈlaɪ.bɹi/
Plurallibraries
Countablecountable

Libraries in a sentence

  • My library is not a single beast but a composite of many others, a fantastic animal made up of the several libraries built and then abandoned, over and over again, throughout my life.2008 May 15, Alberto Manguel, “A 30,000-Volume Window on the World”, in New York Times
  • I am a big fan of libraries.From the entry fan
  • Most libraries provide cubicles for quiet study.From the entry cubicle
  • This library has dependencies on a lot of other libraries. We have to compile all of those other libraries first.From the entry dependency
  • The five libraries set up an interlending scheme.From the entry interlend

Meaning of library

  1. noun An institution which holds books and/or other forms of media for use by the public or qualified people often lending them out, as well as providing various other services for its users.
  2. noun Any institution that lends out its goods for use by the public or a community.
  3. noun A collection of books or other forms of stored information.

Full definition of library

Questions about the plural of library

What is the plural of library?
The plural of library is libraries.
Is library countable?
Library is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: library (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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