Plural of personal
regular plural
The plural of personal is personals.
Forms of personal
| Singular | personal /ˈpɜː.sə.nəl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | personals |
| Countable | countable |
Personals in a sentence
- I've had my cell ransacked, savagely searched, and as a result, had my legal papers stolen and destroyed, allong with what little personal clothing and other personals I had.1982 April 10, Roosevelt Williamson, “Prison Racism and Legal Slavery in America”, in Gay Community News, page 15
- "I say, I did not intend to pry into personals, really," he protested.1909, Edwin Balmer, Waylaid by Wireless: A Suspicion, a Warning, a Sporting Proposition, and a Transatlantic Pursuit, page 113. From the entry personals
- The summer I answered my first personals, I was a 19-year-old dyke living alone in a three-room bachelorette pad, scant blocks from Main Street, Waltham, Massachusetts.1979 April 7, Pat M. Kuras, “Advertising for Love”, in Gay Community News, page 11. From the entry scant
Meaning of personal
- adjective Pertaining to persons (human beings as opposed to things or animals).
- adjective Of or pertaining to a particular person; relating to, or affecting, an individual, or each of many individuals.
- adjective Dealing with subjects about which one wishes (or people usually wish) to maintain privacy or discretion; not for public view; sensitive, intimate.
Questions about the plural of personal
- What is the plural of personal?
- The plural of personal is personals.
- Is personal countable?
- Personal is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: personal (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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