Plural of pain
regular plural
The plural of pain is pains.
Forms of pain
| Singular | pain /ˈpeɪ̯n/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | pains /peɪnz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Pains in a sentence
- I had to stop running when I started getting pains in my feet.
- The transition to N.E.P. was due to the catastrophic failure of this policy-a failure predicted by the Mensheviks and S.R.s, who for their pains had been denounced, imprisoned, and murdered as henchmen of the White Guards.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon...
- He was all bent over complaining of pains in the abdomen.From the entry abdomen
- The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over.From the entry mutter
- The agency has been at pains to stress that its decisions are still based on sound science.From the entry at pains
Meaning of pain
- noun An ache or bodily suffering, or an instance of this; an unpleasant sensation, resulting from a derangement of functions, disease, or injury by violence; hurt.
- noun The pangs or sufferings of childbirth, caused by contractions of the uterus.
- noun The condition or fact of suffering or anguish especially mental, as opposed to pleasure; torment; distress.
Questions about the plural of pain
- What is the plural of pain?
- The plural of pain is pains.
- Is pain countable?
- Pain is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pain (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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