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Plural of wraith

regular plural

The plural of wraith is wraiths.

Forms of wraith

Singularwraith /ɹeɪθ/
Pluralwraiths /ɹeɪθs/
Countablecountable

Wraiths in a sentence

  • We might indeed have been the wraiths of the departed dead upon the dead sea of that dying planet for all the sound or sign we made in passing.1912 February–July, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “Under the Moons of Mars”, in The All-Story, New York, N.Y.: Frank A. Munsey Co., →OCLC...
  • Like wraiths with the impediments of bodies they stumbled in the direction of Salthill faces.2001, Joyce Carol Oates, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 80
  • Deathlings or even wraiths weren't the deadliest weapons.2009, T. Salenger, The First Rider, page 111. From the entry deathling
  • Not all his servants and chattels are wraiths!1955, J. R. R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring [Book 2, Chapter 1 - Many Meetings]. From the entry chattel

Meaning of wraith

  1. noun A ghost or specter, especially a person's likeness seen just after their death.

Full definition of wraith

Questions about the plural of wraith

What is the plural of wraith?
The plural of wraith is wraiths.
Is wraith countable?
Wraith is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: wraith (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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