Plural of placebo
regular plural
The plural of placebo is placebos or placeboes.
Forms of placebo
| Singular | placebo /pləˈsiː.bəʊ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | placebos placeboes |
| Countable | countable |
Placebos and placeboes in a sentence
- The acid test, I thought, was whether homeopathic remedies behave differently from placebos when submitted to clinical trials.2010 February 22, Edzard Ernst, “No to homeopathy placebo”, in The Guardian
- It's why I had my doctor take me off my placebos.2012 November 7, The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert (actor). From the entry nocebo effect
Meaning of placebo
- noun A dummy medicine containing no active ingredients; an inert treatment.
- noun The vespers sung in the office for the dead.
Questions about the plural of placebo
- What is the plural of placebo?
- The plural of placebo is placebos or placeboes.
- Which is correct, placebos or placeboes?
- Both are used. placebos is the more common of the two in English writing.
- Is placebo countable?
- Placebo is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: placebo (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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