FORME DE PLURAL ALE SUBSTANTIVELOR ÎN LIMBA ENGLEZĂ

a) substantivele feminine se formează de la cele masculine, prin adăugarea sufixului –ess:

MASCULINE FEMININE
actor actress
author authoress
baron baroness
beau belle
bridegroom bride
conductor conductress
count countess
tsar tsarina
duke duchess
emperor empress
executor executress
giant giantess
god goddess
heir heiress
hero heroine
host hostess
marquis / marquess marchioness
master mistress
mayor mayoress
murderer murderess
negro negress
patron patroness
poet poetess
priest priestess
prince princess
prosecutor prosecutrix
shepherd shepherdess
sultan sultana
tiger tigress
viscount viscountess
waiter waitress
b) substantivele feminine şi cele masculine au forme diferite:

MASCULINE FEMININE
bachelor spinster
boar / pig sow
boy girl
brother sister
buck doe
bull cow
bullock heifer
cock hen
colt jilly
dog bitch
drake duke
drone bee
earl countess
father mother
fox vixen
friar / monk nun
gander goose
gentleman / lord lady
stallion / horse mare
husband wife
king queen
man woman
nephew niece
ram ewe
sir madam
stag doe
son daughter
tutor governess
uncle aunt
wizard witch / fairy

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c) substantivele masculine se formează cu ajutorul cuvintelor boy / man, iar cele feminine cu ajutorul
cuvintelor girl / woman.

MASCULINE FEMININE
boy-cousin girl-cousin
boy-friend girl-friend
cock-sparrow hen-sparrow
peacock peahen
he-bear she-bear
he-goat she-goat
billy-goat nanny-goat
he-wolf she-wolf
jack-ass jenny-ass
landlord landlady
male-elephant female-elephant
man-child girl-child
man-friend woman-friend
man-servant woman-servant
tom-cat she-cat

c) unele substantive au câte o formă pentru masculin, feminin şi general:

MASCULINE FEMININE COMMON

boar sow pig
boy girl child
cock hen bird / fowl
father mother parent
king queen sovereign / ruler
man woman person
ram ewe sheep
schoolmaster schoolmistress teacher
stallion mare horse

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d) plurale străine:

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curriculum curricula
datum data
erratum errata
medium media
memorandum mamoranda
bacillus bacilli
focus foci
fungus fungi
genius genii
nucleus nuclei
radius radii
stimulus stimuli
terminus termii
genus genera
opus opera
axis axa
basis bases
crisis crises
hypothesis hypotheses
oasis oases
diagnosis diagnises
analysis analyses
synthesis syntheses
thesis theses
appendix appendices
index indeces
formula formulae
larva larvae
automaton automata
criterion criteria
phenomenon phenomena
series series
species species