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Plural of spirit

regular plural

The plural of spirit is spirits.

Forms of spirit

Singularspirit /ˈspɪɹɪt/
Pluralspirits /ˈspɪɹɪts/
Countablecountable and uncountable

Spirits in a sentence

  • He has seen spirits roam the house.
  • An unusual custom is followed at Llangennith, when shotguns are fired at a wedding - to scare off evil spirits from the newlyweds.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 258
  • Our first win of the season put us in high spirits.From the entry win
  • I have a collection of books on metaphysics, covering astral projection, reincarnation, and communication with spirits.From the entry metaphysics
  • He cannot see you because he's feeling out of spirits today.From the entry out of

Meaning of spirit

  1. noun The soul of a person or other creature.
  2. noun A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
  3. noun Enthusiasm.

Full definition of spirit

Questions about the plural of spirit

What is the plural of spirit?
The plural of spirit is spirits.
Is spirit countable?
Spirit is a countable and uncountable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: spirit (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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