plurale tantum

See also: Pluraletantum

English

From Latin plūrāle tantum (“plural as such; plural only”), from plūrāle +‎ tantum.

plurale tantum (plural pluralia tantum)

(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.

Examples
glasses (in one of its senses) groceries (in one of its senses) odds outskirts riches scissors suds surroundings thanks

a noun without a singular form

Arabic: اِسْم جَمْع m (ism jamʕ)
Armenian: անեզական գոյական (anezakan goyakan)
Bulgarian: плуралия тантум (pluralija tantum)
Catalan: plurale tantum (ca) m
Czech: podstatné jméno pomnožné n
Dutch: plurale tantum (nl) n
Finnish: pluratiivi (fi), monikkosana
French: plurale tantum (fr) m
Georgian: მრავლობით რიცხვში მდგომი არსებითი სახელები (mravlobit ricxvši mdgomi arsebiti saxelebi)
German: Pluraletantum (de) n, Pluralwort (de) n
Icelandic: fleirtöluorð (is) n, fleirtölunafnorð n
Italian: plurale tantum m
Japanese: 絶対複数 (ja) (zettai-fukusū)
Latin: plurale tantum n
Latvian: daudzskaitlinieks (lv) m
Persian: اسم جمع (fa) (esm-e jam')
Polish: plurale tantum (pl) m, pluralia tantum m
Portuguese: plurale tantum m
Romanian: substantiv plurale tantum n
Russian: плюра́лия та́нтум n (pljurálija tántum)
Spanish: plurale tantum (es)
Swedish: plurale tantum (sv) n
Turkish: topluluk ismi (tr)

plurale tantum n (plural pluralia tantum)

(grammar) a noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form

plūrāle tantum n (genitive plūrālis tantum); third declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, pure i-stem) with an indeclinable portion.

Examples
bodas de prata jeans Américas

Unadapted borrowing from Latin plurale tantum.

plurale tantum m (plural pluralia tantum)

(grammar) A noun (either in certain of its senses or in all its senses) that does not generally have a singular form.