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Plural of wolf

irregular plural

The plural of wolf is wolves.

Forms of wolf

Singularwolf /wʊlf/
Pluralwolves /ˈwʊlvz/
Countablecountable

Wolves in a sentence

  • The soft violin solo was marred by persistent wolves.
  • The wolves circled the herd of deer.From the entry circle
  • Dogs evolved as descendants of early wolves.From the entry descendant
  • Humans have been persecuting wolves in this forest for centuries.From the entry persecute
  • Identifying as a therianthrope, Alex felt a deep, instinctive connection to wolves that shaped their sense of self and community.From the entry therianthrope

Meaning of wolf

  1. noun Canis lupus; the largest wild member of the canine subfamily.
  2. noun Any of several related canines that resemble Canis lupus in appearance, especially those of the genus Canis.
  3. noun A man who makes amorous advances to many women.

Full definition of wolf

Nouns ending in -f: plural -ves

Questions about the plural of wolf

What is the plural of wolf?
The plural of wolf is wolves.
Is wolf countable?
Wolf is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: wolf (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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