Plural of quail
regular plural
The plural of quail is quails or quail.
Forms of quail
| Singular | quail /kweɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | quails /kweɪlz/ quail /kweɪl/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Quails in a sentence
- An omelette was followed by quails and the very lightest things in soufflés.1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery. From the entry recherché
- You will also be served oysters and scotched collops and quails and chickens, as well as biscuits and tarts and various sweetmeats.2017, Graham Masterton, The Coven, page 157. From the entry scotched collops
- In the nineteenth century, the sustained metaphors of sf—non-mimetic fiction—were reconceived with the aid of science, the same science that Arthur Miller quails before today.1976, Alexei Panshin, Cory Panshin, “The World Beyond the Hill”, in SF in Dimension: A Book of Explorations, →ISBN, page 50. From the entry non-mimetic fiction
Meaning of quail
- verb To waste away; to fade, to wither.
- verb To daunt or frighten (someone).
- verb To lose heart or courage; to be daunted or fearful.
Questions about the plural of quail
- What is the plural of quail?
- The plural of quail is quails or quail.
- Is quail countable?
- Quail is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quail (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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