Plural of whale
regular plural
The plural of whale is whales.
Forms of whale
| Singular | whale /ˈweɪl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | whales /weɪlz/ |
| Countable | countable |
Whales in a sentence
- Dead whales were used to soften leather and lubricate machines and to somewhat mitigate the effects of trench foot in the first world war.2025 September 11, Kate Marvel, “‘We’ve done it before’: how not to lose hope in the fight against ecological disaster”, in The Guardian
- A handful of the richest whales routinely play for $200,000 a hand.2004, Norm Clarke, Vegas Confidential: Norm! Sin City's Ace Insider 1,000 Naked Truths, Hot Spots and Cool Stuff
- They gave me the book about whales. That I've not yet read.From the entry that
- It being the case that all mammals breathe air, it follows that whales must breathe air.From the entry be the case
- Whales feed on tiny plankton drifting in the ocean.From the entry plankton
Meaning of whale
- noun Any large cetacean, usually with the exclusion of dolphins and porpoises.
- noun Any species of Cetacea, including dolphins and porpoises.
- noun Something, or someone, that is very large.
Questions about the plural of whale
- What is the plural of whale?
- The plural of whale is whales.
- Is whale countable?
- Whale is a countable noun.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: whale (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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