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Plural of moan

regular plural

The plural of moan is moans.

Forms of moan

Singularmoan /məʊn/
Pluralmoans
Countablecountable

Moans in a sentence

  • The spectral chain-rattling and moans gave me the chills.From the entry spectral
  • GHOST does not answer, but turns and moans, dragging his chains as he exeunts.2011, Maureen Ulrich, Sam Spud, Private Eye, page 8. From the entry exeunts
  • She moans with delight and throws her body around and trembles uncontrollably.1982, Nancy Friday, Forbidden Flowers. From the entry double dildo
  • Nothing to say, the oilcloth moans under the swack of Mother's sponge.1977, Colette Inez, Alive and Taking Names, and Other Poems, page 52. From the entry swack
  • A few more guys shouted “Yeah!” in guttural moans.2015, Jessica Alcott, Even When You Lie to Me, New York, N.Y.: Crown Books for Young Readers, →ISBN, page 77. From the entry wolf-whistle

Meaning of moan

  1. noun A low, mournful cry of pain, sorrow or pleasure.
  2. noun A lament or sorrow.
  3. verb To complain about; to bemoan, to bewail; to mourn.

Full definition of moan

Questions about the plural of moan

What is the plural of moan?
The plural of moan is moans.
Is moan countable?
Moan is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moan (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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