Plural of local
regular plural
The plural of local is locals.
Forms of local
| Singular | local /ˈləʊ.kl̩/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | locals |
| Countable | countable |
Locals in a sentence
- It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
- Taunton station is busy - even more so when the inbound working of my Bristol train arrives, laden with the usual mix of 'staycationers' and locals.2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66
- Native speakers of English get paid much more than locals in the schools.From the entry native speaker
- The locals watched, amused, as the tourists parched in the sun, having neglected to apply sunscreen or bring water.From the entry parch
- The club used to be frequented by locals; then, after the "incident", it used to get raided by the cops.From the entry used to
Meaning of local
- adjective From or in a nearby location.
- adjective Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
- adjective Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
Questions about the plural of local
- What is the plural of local?
- The plural of local is locals.
- Is local countable?
- Local is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: local (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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