Plural of parenthesis
irregular plural
The plural of parenthesis is parentheses.
Forms of parenthesis
| Singular | parenthesis /pəˈɹɛn.θə.sɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | parentheses /pəˈɹɛnθəsiːz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Parentheses in a sentence
- This was achieved by presenting etymons from Hindustani in the Devanagari script followed by a transliteration in the Roman alphabet in parentheses.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 255
- Parenthetical referencing is a citation style which uses in-line citations enclosed within parentheses.From the entry in-line
- The etymologies gave words from Hindustani in the Devanagari script accompanied by transliterations in parentheses.2018, James Lambert, “Anglo-Indian slang in dictionaries on historical principles”, in World Englishes, volume 37, page 251. From the entry Devanagari
- When the skunked term has a different meaning, it's given in parentheses.2013, Ben Yagoda, How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry skunked term
- Common name followed by Latin binomial in parentheses.1991, Daniel W. Gade, “Weeds in Vermont as Tokens of Socioeconomic Change”, in Geographical Review, volume 81, number 2, →JSTOR, page 169. From the entry binomial
Meaning of parenthesis
- noun A clause, phrase or word which is inserted (usually for explanation or amplification) into a passage which is already grammatically complete, and usually marked off with brackets, commas or dashes.
- noun Either of a pair of brackets, especially (mainly US) round brackets, ( and ) (used to enclose parenthetical material in a text).
- noun A digression; the use of such digressions.
Nouns ending in -is: plural -es
Questions about the plural of parenthesis
- What is the plural of parenthesis?
- The plural of parenthesis is parentheses.
- Is parenthesis countable?
- Parenthesis is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: parenthesis (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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