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Plural of pale

regular plural

The plural of pale is pales.

Forms of pale

Singularpale /peɪl/
Pluralpales /peɪlz/
Countablecountable

Pales in a sentence

  • Its financing pales next to the tens of billions that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation will have at its disposal, especially with the coming infusion of some $3 billion a year from Warren E.2006 September 14, Katie Hafner, “Philanthropy Google’s Way: Not the Usual”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 27 Nov...
  • Ceiling joists were sometimes grooved to receive riven staves or pales that secured mud-and-straw walling.1997, Gabrielle M. Lanier, Bernard L. Herman, Everyday Architecture of the Mid-Atlantic, page 90
  • Everything I have done pales in comparison to what I am about to achieve.1995, “The Sword of Kahless”, in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, season 4, episode 8, spoken by Kor, →OCLC. From the entry quest
  • The third is gold with four pales of gules or red.1982, The Flag Bulletin, volume 21, page 46. From the entry enty
  • Rock, Hip-Hop, Country, Hardcore — all of it pales in comparison to this genre, one genre to rule them all: Soundclown.2016 May 23, Isabelle Hellyer, “Here are 9 of the Best and Most Upsetting Soundclowns we Could Find”, in VICE, archived from the original…. From the entry mashup

Meaning of pale

  1. adjective Light in color.
  2. adjective Having a pallor (a light color, especially due to sickness, shock, fright etc.).
  3. adjective Feeble, faint.

Full definition of pale

Questions about the plural of pale

What is the plural of pale?
The plural of pale is pales.
Is pale countable?
Pale is a countable noun.

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