Plural of tripe
regular plural
The plural of tripe is tripes.
Forms of tripe
| Singular | tripe /tɹaɪp/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | tripes |
| Countable | usually uncountable |
Tripes in a sentence
- I see them pop off every day in the Mater and Richmond and cut up into tripes in the dissectingroom.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[1]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
- The fresh meat was sausaged into the tripes of pig and deer and ox, because the time for salting was not yet come.a. 1994, John James, edited by Caitlín Matthews and John Matthews, The Fourth Gwenevere, Jo Fletcher Books, Quercus Editions Ltd.…. From the entry sausage
Meaning of tripe
- noun The lining of the large stomach of ruminating animals, when prepared for food.
- noun The entrails; (by extension, humorous or derogatory) the belly.
- noun Something foolish or valueless, especially written works and popular entertainment (movies, television).
Questions about the plural of tripe
- What is the plural of tripe?
- The plural of tripe is tripes.
- Is tripe countable?
- Tripe is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: tripe (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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