Plural of swift
regular plural
The plural of swift is swifts.
Forms of swift
| Singular | swift /swɪft/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | swifts |
| Countable | countable |
Swifts in a sentence
- As a guide to start your collection we'd suggest either iguanas, tejus, swifts, basilisks, horned toads or alligator lizards.1965 March, Boys' Life, page 52
- Enjoyed a wide range of Sedge warblers, heard a gropper, and saw a spoonbill, and our first house martins and swifts of the year.2001 April 29, Michael J Davis, “A grand day out and request for help”, in uk.rec.birdwatching (Usenet). From the entry gropper
- In Southeast Asia, swifts’ nests are gathered for the famous curative delicacy “birdsnest soup,” featuring filmy masses like boiled eggwhites—actually the special gluey saliva swifts work up for constructing nests.1988, Daniel Mathews, Cascade-Olympic Natural History, Raven Editions in conjunction with the Portland Audubon Society, →ISBN, page 395. From the entry birdsnest soup
Meaning of swift
- adjective Fast; quick; rapid.
- adjective Capable of moving at high speeds.
- adjective Quick-thinking; bright.
Questions about the plural of swift
- What is the plural of swift?
- The plural of swift is swifts.
- Is swift countable?
- Swift is a countable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: swift (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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