Plural of quay
regular plural
The plural of quay is quays.
Forms of quay
| Singular | quay /kiː/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | quays /kiːz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Quays in a sentence
- I left him and went to a tavern by the quays where the college bucks were drinking and singing hymns.1963, J P Donleavy, A Singular Man, published 1963 (USA), page 204. From the entry riposte
- There are quays there and lamps and some squares of grass; a ladies and gentlemen, and a cinema.1941, Joyce Cary, chapter XLIV, in Herself Surprised, page 108. From the entry gentlemen
- Of course if they ran a tramline along the North Circular from the cattle market to the quays value would go up like a shot.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 4: Calypso]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part II [Odyssey], page 56. From the entry ng
Meaning of quay
- noun A stone or concrete structure on navigable water used for loading and unloading vessels; a wharf.
- verb To land or tie up at a quay or similar structure, especially used in the phrase "quay up".
Questions about the plural of quay
- What is the plural of quay?
- The plural of quay is quays.
- Is quay countable?
- Quay is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: quay (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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