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Plural of revel

regular plural

The plural of revel is revels.

Forms of revel

Singularrevel /ˈɹɛv.əl/
Pluralrevels
Countablecountable

Revels in a sentence

  • "I ought to arise and go forth with timbrels and with dances; but, do you know, I am not inclined to revels?1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter II, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC
  • It shows you piles of corpses, then revels in its mechs and future-war grimdark.2025 February, Matt Killeen, “The Forever Winter”, in PC Gamer (US), number 392, page 77. From the entry grimdark
  • At Offham, in Kent, tilting at the quintain provides a climax to the day's revels.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 263. From the entry tilt
  • They organize a series of revels culminating in a grand procession and collection this afternoon.1949 April, The Texas Outlook, volume 33, number 4, page 4. From the entry rag week
  • Reeder revels in white trashery—and applauds herself for doing so.1997 November 30, Margaret Talbot, “Getting Credit for Being White”, in New York Times, retrieved 15 Apr 2014. From the entry white trashery

Meaning of revel

  1. noun An instance of merrymaking; a celebration.
  2. noun A kind of dance.
  3. noun A wake for the dead.

Full definition of revel

Questions about the plural of revel

What is the plural of revel?
The plural of revel is revels.
Is revel countable?
Revel is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: revel (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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