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Plural of nocturne

regular plural

The plural of nocturne is nocturnes.

Forms of nocturne

Singularnocturne /ˈnɒktɜːn/
Pluralnocturnes
Countablecountable

Nocturnes in a sentence

  • Salt rising and dumplings have given way to tessellated floors and Chopin nocturnes.1912 March 5, Hugh S. Fullerton, “Eating: A Study in the Preparation, Location, and Mastication of Food, and a Directory of the Principal…. From the entry tesselated
  • Caines takes a romantic approach in his exploration of Mozart’s nonoperatic vocal music that features canons, nocturnes, canzonettas and lieder.2007 May 21, Gia Kourlas, “Mozart for Instruments, Voices and Bodies”, in New York Times. From the entry nonoperatic

Meaning of nocturne

  1. noun A work in a genre of piano music of moderate tempo with a highly-decorated, improvisatory melody.
  2. noun A work of art relating or dedicated to the night.

Full definition of nocturne

Questions about the plural of nocturne

What is the plural of nocturne?
The plural of nocturne is nocturnes.
Is nocturne countable?
Nocturne is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nocturne (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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