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Plural of lung

regular plural

The plural of lung is lungs.

Forms of lung

Singularlung /ˈlʌŋ/
Plurallungs /lʌŋz/
Countablecountable

Lungs in a sentence

  • He no longer has the lungs to play long rallies like he used to.
  • She started screaming at the top of her lungs when she saw a snake.From the entry at the top of one's lungs
  • Most inhaled uranium that reaches the lungs is eliminated via mucociliary clearance.From the entry mucociliary
  • He punched his pillow and screamed at the top of his lungs about all the pent-up frustrations from the day.From the entry pent-up
  • Years of smoking did a number on her lungs.From the entry do a number on

Meaning of lung

  1. noun A biological organ of vertebrates that controls breathing and oxygenates the blood.
  2. noun Capacity for exercise or exertion; breath.
  3. noun That which supplies oxygen or fresh air, such as trees, parklands, forest, etc., to a place.

Full definition of lung

Questions about the plural of lung

What is the plural of lung?
The plural of lung is lungs.
Is lung countable?
Lung is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lung (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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