Plural of salmon
irregular plural
The plural of salmon is salmon or salmons.
Forms of salmon
| Singular | salmon /ˈsæmən/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | salmon /ˈsæmən/ salmons |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Salmons in a sentence
- In this ritzy Italian sanctum thoughts of salmons and haggises vanish at the flick of a cannellone.1987, Stephen Birnbaum, editor, Birnbaum’s Great Britain and Ireland 1988 (Stephen Birnbaum Travel Guides), Boston, Mass.: Houghton…. From the entry cannellone
- And when I am hungry, said MacK, they bring me the salmons of Argyll smoked over peat of the Hebrides, and a glass of Laphroaig.2003, Todd McEwen, Who Sleeps With Katz, Granta, published 2005, page 239. From the entry Laphroaig
Meaning of salmon
- noun One of several species of fish, typically of the Salmoninae subfamily, brownish above with silvery sides and delicate pinkish-orange flesh; they ascend rivers to spawn.
- noun A meal or dish made from this fish.
- noun A pale pinkish-orange colour, the colour of cooked salmon.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of salmon
- What is the plural of salmon?
- The plural of salmon is salmon or salmons.
- Is salmon countable?
- Salmon is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: salmon (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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