## Meanings
1. Referring to more than one person or thing.
2. The form of a word used when talking about more than one person or thing.
3. Made up of more than one kind or group; varied.

## Examples
- "Mice" is the plural form of "mouse".
- The plural of "cat" is "cats", but the plural of "child" is "children".
- Modern cities tend to be plural, mixing many cultures and traditions.

## Synonyms
- multiple

## Antonyms
- singular

## Derived Forms
- duoplural
- nonplural
- pluralisation
- pluralise
- pluralism
- pluralist
- plurality
- pluralization
- pluralize
- plurally
- pluralphobia
- pluralphobic

## Related Forms
- singular

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *pleh₁-
- Root: plurelle
- Root: plurel

## Etymology
From Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.

## AI Etymology
Plural comes from Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis. The historical chain includes *pleh₁- (Proto-Indo-European), plurelle (Middle English), plurel (Old French). In present-day English it covers referring to more than one person or thing, the form of a word used when talking about more than one person or thing, and made up of more than one kind or group; varied. The wider family includes derived forms such as duoplural, nonplural, pluralisation, pluralise, pluralism and related forms such as singular.

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