Plural of ou
regular plural
The plural of ou is ous.
Forms of ou
| Singular | ou /ˈəʊ.uː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | ous |
| Countable | countable |
Ous in a sentence
- I couldn't care that the ous call me rooinek and sometimes whiterat because of my hair and face.1975, Sheila Roberts, Outside Life's Feast: Short Stories, Johannesburg: Ad. Donker, →ISBN, page 27
- “They're the same good and solid ous they'd been before.1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 292
- They share the function of putting forth a claim about virtùous political conduct.2007, Anni Kangas, The Knight, the Beast and the Treasure: A Semeiotic Inquiry into the Finnish Political Imaginary on Russia, 1918–1930s…. From the entry virtùous
- Virtue, Machiavelli instructed, was possible only when it was enclosed, but even within the virtùous state its quantity was finite.2004, Scott G. Nelson, “Sovereignty, ethics, community”, in Philosophy & Social Criticism, volume 30, number 7, →DOI, page 820. From the entry virtùous
- For instance, in his virtùous retelling of the David and Goliath story, Machiavelli equips David with a knife as well as a sling: one’s own good arms replace divine favor.1995, Diana Schaub, Erotic Liberalism: Women and Revolution in Montesquieu’s Persian Letters, →ISBN, page 102. From the entry virtùous
Meaning of ou
- noun A probably extinct species of Hawaiian honeycreeper, Psittirostra psittacea.
- noun A fellow, guy, bloke.
Questions about the plural of ou
- What is the plural of ou?
- The plural of ou is ous.
- Is ou countable?
- Ou is a countable noun.
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