Plural of monkey
regular plural
The plural of monkey is monkeys.
Forms of monkey
| Singular | monkey /ˈmʌŋki/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | monkeys /ˈmʌŋkiz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Monkeys in a sentence
- They thought of, I don’t know, monkeys and caipirinhas and samba.”2007 September 20, Eric Wilson, “Blame It on Rio and Gisele”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Sep 2020
- Chimpanzees are known to form bands to hunt and kill other monkeys.
- Some monkeys have prehensile tails which they use to pick things up.From the entry prehensile
- He thinks he’s a barrel of monkeys, but he’s not particularly entertaining.From the entry barrel of monkeys
- We could hear the monkeys vocalizing, though we could not see them.From the entry vocalize
Meaning of monkey
- noun A member of the clade Simiiformes other than those in the clade Hominoidea containing apes, generally (but not universally) distinguished by small size, tails, and cheek pouches.
- noun Any simian, including humans.
- noun Any simian primate other than hominids; any monkey or ape.
Questions about the plural of monkey
- What is the plural of monkey?
- The plural of monkey is monkeys.
- Is monkey countable?
- Monkey is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: monkey (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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