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Plural of vocabulary

regular plural

The plural of vocabulary is vocabularies.

Forms of vocabulary

Singularvocabulary /vəˈkæb.jə.lə.ɹi/
Pluralvocabularies
Countablecountable and uncountable

Vocabularies in a sentence

  • The thesauruslike nature of substitution explains why many stutterers boast large vocabularies.2012 March 17, Xazmin Garza, “Program helps speakers stop stammers, get words flowing”, in Las Vegas Review-Journal. From the entry thesauruslike
  • XML can also be used to create metadictionaries, or vocabularies, for databases.2008, Peter Rob, Database Systems: Design, Implementation & Management, page 788. From the entry metadictionary
  • There is nothing new or progressive in the politically corrected vocabularies that now amuse the prejudiced.1998, Humphrey McQueen, Temper Democratic: How Exceptional is Australia?, Wakefield Press, →ISBN, page 190. From the entry politically correct
  • Global new vocabularies can be found from vernacular houses to large scale urban developments, in local communities or even in ecumenopoleis.2005, SB05Tokyo Student Session Organising Committee, Sustainable Building Design Book: The 2005 World Sustainable Building Conference in…. From the entry ecumenopoleis
  • Convert has slipped from our vocabularies.2016, Sam Pickering, One Grand, Sweet Song. From the entry abydocomist

Meaning of vocabulary

  1. noun A usually alphabetized and explained collection of words e.g. of a particular field, or prepared for a specific purpose, often for learning.
  2. noun The collection of words a person knows and uses.
  3. noun The stock of words used in a particular field.

Full definition of vocabulary

Questions about the plural of vocabulary

What is the plural of vocabulary?
The plural of vocabulary is vocabularies.
Is vocabulary countable?
Vocabulary is a countable and uncountable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: vocabulary (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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