Plural of magpie
regular plural
The plural of magpie is magpies.
Forms of magpie
| Singular | magpie /ˈmæɡˌpaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | magpies |
| Countable | countable |
Magpies in a sentence
- You understand what darkies are—as curious as magpies and quite as lighthanded.1922, Van Tassel Sutphen, In Jeopardy, →ISBN. From the entry light-handed
- A short way off, two male butcher birds, black and white like magpies, were calling antiphonally across a ravine.1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 224. From the entry butcherbird
Meaning of magpie
- noun One of several kinds of bird in the family Corvidae, especially Pica pica.
- noun A superficially similar Australian bird, Gymnorhina tibicen, in the family Artamidae.
- noun Someone who displays a magpie-like quality such as hoarding or stealing objects.
Questions about the plural of magpie
- What is the plural of magpie?
- The plural of magpie is magpies.
- Is magpie countable?
- Magpie is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: magpie (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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