Plural of steppe
regular plural
The plural of steppe is steppes.
Forms of steppe
| Singular | steppe /stɛp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | steppes |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Steppes in a sentence
- Those who seek to invade another country anywhere across the great Eurasian steppes are condemned eventually to winter in it.2022 December 27, “Ukraine war: Five ways conflict could go in 2023”, in BBC News. From the entry winter
- Evidence of shamanism can be seen among the steppes and pastures, where stone figures, called balbals, are scattered.2006, David C. King, “Religion”, in Kyrgyzstan (Cultures of the World), Tarrytown, New York, N.Y.: Marshall Cavendish Benchmark, →ISBN…. From the entry balbal
- The tumbleweed is a gracious gift from the Russians, having been imported as a favored ornamental from the steppes of central Asia.1991 October 10, Jackson Granholm, “In praise of the tumbleweed”, in News Chronicle, Thousand Oaks, Calif., page B-7, column 3. From the entry ornamental
- When Gogol wrote his great passage on the troika speeding across the steppes, he likened it to Russia itself, advancing across the earth.1960, Lesley Blanch, The Sabres of Paradise: Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus, Tauris Parke Paperbacks, published 2006, →ISBN, page…. From the entry troika
- Shamanism, for example, is far from having disappeared among Turkish populations from the steppes of Turkestan to the Anatolian plateau, and one might speak of a “Sufized shamanism.2010, Eric Geoffroy, Introduction to Sufism: The Inner Path of Islam, page 21. From the entry Sufize
Meaning of steppe
- noun The grasslands of Eastern Europe and Asia.
- noun A vast, cold, dry, grassy plain.
Questions about the plural of steppe
- What is the plural of steppe?
- The plural of steppe is steppes.
- Is steppe countable?
- Steppe is a countable and uncountable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: steppe (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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