Plural of purse
regular plural
The plural of purse is purses.
Forms of purse
| Singular | purse /pɜːs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | purses |
| Countable | countable |
Purses in a sentence
- Master leathercrafter does handcrafted wallets, belts, purses, handbags etc., supporting self and helpers.1987 August 15, Robert Benitez, “Personal advertisement”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 5, page 14
- There were jeans, purses, athletic shoes, electronics, and a myriad of other items.2025 January 22, Nancy Hoffman, “Not Quite Right: Something is not as it should be”, in Substack. From the entry NQR
- Everywhere Nokias and Samsungs are stapled to eager ears, clipped onto trousers or slipped into purses.2007, Susan Reinhardt, Don't Sleep with A Bubba: Unless Your Eggs Are in Wheelchairs, →ISBN. From the entry Samsung
- Director Verhoeven seems to specialize in turning dogeared plots into nice silk purses of movies.1983 April 23, Michael Bronski, “Coming of Age, Dutch Style”, in Gay Community News, page 13. From the entry dog-eared
- Some of them resemble minauderies, others look like large flat purses.1949 07, Country Life Illustrated. From the entry minauderie
Meaning of purse
- noun A small bag for carrying money.
- noun A handbag (small bag usually used by women for carrying various small personal items).
- noun A quantity of money given for a particular purpose.
Questions about the plural of purse
- What is the plural of purse?
- The plural of purse is purses.
- Is purse countable?
- Purse is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: purse (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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