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Meanings of plural only 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
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      Examples for "plurale tantum"
      Examples for "plurale tantum"
      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.)
      Translations for plural only noun
      Portuguese
      plurale tantum