Plural of nightingale
regular plural
The plural of nightingale is nightingales.
Forms of nightingale
| Singular | nightingale /ˈnaɪtɪŋɡeɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | nightingales |
| Countable | countable |
Nightingales in a sentence
- Nearby, a charm of nightingales flooded the daylit branches of a wood.2014, Laurie Lee, I Can't Stay Long, Open Road Media. From the entry charm
- The roses were in bloom, two nightingales soliloquized in the boskage, a cuckoo was just going out of tune among the lime trees.1932, Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, London: Chatto & Windus. From the entry boskage
Meaning of nightingale
- noun A Eurasian and African songbird, Luscinia megarhynchos, family Muscicapidae, famed for its beautiful singing at night; a common nightingale.
- noun A kind of flannel scarf with sleeves, formerly worn by invalids when sitting up in bed.
Questions about the plural of nightingale
- What is the plural of nightingale?
- The plural of nightingale is nightingales.
- Is nightingale countable?
- Nightingale is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: nightingale (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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