Plural of lightning
regular plural
The plural of lightning is lightnings.
Forms of lightning
| Singular | lightning /ˈlaɪt.nɪŋ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | lightnings |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Lightnings in a sentence
- It was the thought of hot July and August days, when the clouds piled up like woolly mountains, and lightnings streaked the sky.1901, E. L. Morris, The Child's Eden, page 16
- Among the countless substances formed by the lightnings, enzymes appeared and still later self-regenerating enzymes.1938, Reinhard Beutner, Life's Beginning on the Earth, The Williams & Wilkins Company, page 81. From the entry self-regenerating
- A shrunken elm-bole, which age and the lightnings have robbed of branch and twig, stands on a hump of earth beside a decayed and spunkish oak.1907, Great Thoughts from Master Minds, page 352. From the entry spunkish
Meaning of lightning
- noun A flash of light produced by short-duration, high-voltage discharge of electricity within a cloud, between clouds, or between a cloud and the earth.
- noun A discharge of this kind.
- noun Anything that moves very fast.
Questions about the plural of lightning
- What is the plural of lightning?
- The plural of lightning is lightnings.
- Is lightning countable?
- Lightning is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: lightning (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.
Last updated:
Cite this page: “Plural of lightning.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/plural/lightning. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.