Plural of plague
regular plural
The plural of plague is plagues.
Forms of plague
| Singular | plague /pleɪɡ/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | plagues /pleɪɡz/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Plagues in a sentence
- Great plagues, such as the bubonic plague or smallpox or syphilis or influenza, can happen again.2006, Irwin W. Sherman, chapter 17, in The Power of Plagues, →ISBN
- Ten Biblical plagues over Egypt, ranging from locusts to the death of the crown prince, finally forced Pharaoh to let Moses's people go.
- Extreme rainfall events predict irruptions of rat plagues in central Australia.From the entry irruption
- And sometimes plagues just miraculously disappeared after people realized their wrongdoings and repented.2020 February 24, “Family and Friends Treasure Falun Dafa Information in the Face of Novel Coronavirus Epidemic”, in Minghui. From the entry wrongdoing
- The sinner's prayer is an example of a wrong presupposition that plagues much of modern evangelism.2011, John MacArthur et al., Evangelism: How to Share the Gospel Faithfully, page 134. From the entry decisionism
Meaning of plague
- noun The bubonic plague, the pestilent disease caused by the virulent bacterium Yersinia pestis.
- noun An epidemic or pandemic caused by any pestilence, but especially that caused by the above disease.
- noun A widespread affliction, calamity, or destructive influx, especially when seen as divine retribution.
Questions about the plural of plague
- What is the plural of plague?
- The plural of plague is plagues.
- Is plague countable?
- Plague is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: plague (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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