Plural of sperm
irregular plural
The plural of sperm is sperm or sperms.
Forms of sperm
| Singular | sperm /spɜɹm/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | sperm /spɜɹm/ sperms |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Sperms in a sentence
- “Female may accept the sperms of male that can catapult but deplete the sperms of male that can be easily caught by her,” he said.2022 April 26, Megan Marples, “Tiny spider catapults to safety after mating to avoid sexual cannibalism”, in CNN
- Sperms are made up of oval-shaped heads and long tails that they use for mobility.2024 June 11, Dr. Steve Chapman, “Is swallowing semen good for you?”, in Better2Know. From the entry spermatozoon
- Bulls, rams and boars have the biggest testes among the larger domestic animals, so they would be expected to produce and ejaculate more sperms than others with smaller testes.2012, Tim Glover, Mating Males: An Evolutionary Perspective on Mammalian Reproduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 78. From the entry ejaculate
Meaning of sperm
- noun The reproductive cell or gamete of the male; a spermatozoon.
- noun Semen; the generative substance of male animals.
- noun Sperm oil; whale oil from a sperm whale; spermaceti.
Plural the same as the singular
Questions about the plural of sperm
- What is the plural of sperm?
- The plural of sperm is sperm or sperms.
- Is sperm countable?
- Sperm is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: sperm (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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