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Plural of remnant

regular plural

The plural of remnant is remnants.

Forms of remnant

Singularremnant /ˈɹɛmnənt/
Pluralremnants
Countablecountable

Remnants in a sentence

  • The remnants of the Neanderthal race mixed with members of Homo sapiens.
  • Usually not enough to make an entire project by itself, remnants of several fabrics can be used to make quilts.
  • Latin has six cases, and remnants of a seventh.From the entry case
  • Shiprock is the remnants of a volcano that erupted more than 30 million years ago.2018 July 17, Autumn Spanne, “Check out these crazy rock formations across the United States”, in CNN. From the entry Shiprock
  • The swash is made up of the remnants of a breaking wave.2014, Orrin H. Pilkey, Tracy Monegan Rice, William J. Neal, How to Read a North Carolina Beach. From the entry swash

Meaning of remnant

  1. noun A small portion remaining of a larger thing or group; part of a former whole.
  2. noun The remaining fabric at the end of the bolt.
  3. noun An unsold end of piece goods, as cloth, ribbons, carpets, etc.

Full definition of remnant

Questions about the plural of remnant

What is the plural of remnant?
The plural of remnant is remnants.
Is remnant countable?
Remnant is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: remnant (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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