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Meanings of plural noun in English

Russian
pluralia tantum
Portuguese
plurale tantum
Spanish
plural inherente
Catalan
pluralia tantum

Word that has a plural meaning, and no corresponding singular meaning.

pluralia tantum
Usage of plural noun in English
1
It is a Greek plural noun, meaning the books, or the little books.
Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People
2
Sears soon discovered the reason for the plural noun.
Ghost Story
3
We have spelled it with an apostrophe S. Another thing is the possessive of a plural noun.
The new yorker
4
The ONS style guide for those writing official statistics says: The word data is a plural noun so write "data are".
The Guardian
5
It is also, and perhaps chiefly, in this case, a pun on the meaning of the plural noun "cenci," "rags," or "old rags."
A Handbook to the Works of Browning (6th ed.)
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Translations for plural noun
Portuguese
plurale tantum