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Plural of martin

regular plural

The plural of martin is martins.

Forms of martin

Singularmartin /ˈmɑː.tɪn/
Pluralmartins
Countablecountable

Martins in a sentence

  • Female and young purple martins are gray and black with some blue on the back.2013, Bill Thompson, Southern Birds: Backyard Guide. From the entry purple martin
  • Martins — musical responsiveness, use of the ballet vocabulary, a striking sense of spatial architecture — he also shows, in this work, much more.2010 November 7, Alastair Macaulay, “Dance Review: Luminaries and Hopefuls Join to Ensure Choreography’s Future”, in New York Times…. From the entry tick all the boxes
  • Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year.2001 April 29, Michael J Davis, “A grand day out and request for help”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet). From the entry gropper

Meaning of martin

  1. noun Many of the various passerine birds of the family Hirundinidae, which also includes swallows, that catch insects whilst flying.

Full definition of martin

Questions about the plural of martin

What is the plural of martin?
The plural of martin is martins.
Is martin countable?
Martin is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: martin (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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