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    Some foreign nouns retain their plural forms when used in English, such as algae, antennae, and formulae. Nouns ending in us typically take a, i, or s for the plural in English, like alumni, fungi, and cacti. Nouns ending in um also take a, i, or s for the plural, like bacteria, curricula, and media. Nouns ending in ex or ix take ices or s for the plural, such as apices, appendices, and indexes. Nouns ending in is form the plural by changing to es, like analyses, bases, and diagnoses. Nouns ending in -on form the plural by changing to -a, like

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    Some foreign nouns retain their plural forms when used in English, such as algae, antennae, and formulae. Nouns ending in us typically take a, i, or s for the plural in English, like alumni, fungi, and cacti. Nouns ending in um also take a, i, or s for the plural, like bacteria, curricula, and media. Nouns ending in ex or ix take ices or s for the plural, such as apices, appendices, and indexes. Nouns ending in is form the plural by changing to es, like analyses, bases, and diagnoses. Nouns ending in -on form the plural by changing to -a, like

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    Foreign Nouns - Plural Forms

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    Some foreign nouns retain their plural forms when used in English, such as algae, antennae, and formulae. Nouns ending in us typically take a, i, or s for the plural in English, like alumni, fungi, and cacti. Nouns ending in um also take a, i, or s for the plural, like bacteria, curricula, and media. Nouns ending in ex or ix take ices or s for the plural, such as apices, appendices, and indexes. Nouns ending in is form the plural by changing to es, like analyses, bases, and diagnoses. Nouns ending in -on form the plural by changing to -a, like

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    Some foreign nouns retain their plural.

    (Note that some of them adapted the s of the English


    plural form!)

    Singular Foreign plural English plural


    alga algae
    amoeba amoebae amoebas
    antenna antennae antennas
    formula formulae formulas
    larva larvae
    nebula nebulae nebulas
    vertebra vertebrae

    Nouns ending in us get a, i or the s of the English plural:

    Singular Foreign plural English plural


    corpus corpora
    genus genera
    alumnus alumni
    bacillus bacilli
    cactus cacti cactuses
    focus foci
    fungus fungi funguses
    nucleus nuclei
    octopus octopi octopuses
    radius radii
    stimulus stimuli
    syllabus syllabi syllabuses
    terminus termini

    Nouns ending in um get a, i or the s of the English plural:

    Singular Foreign plural English plural


    addendum addenda
    bacterium bacteria
    curriculum curricula curriculums
    datum data
    erratum errata
    medium media
    memorandum memoranda memorandums
    ovum ova
    stratum strata
    symposium symposia symposiums

    Nouns ending in ex or ix get ices or get the s of the English plural:


    Singular Foreign plural English plural
    apex apices apexes
    appendix appendices appendixes
    cervix cervices cervixes
    index indices indexes
    matrix matrices matrixes
    vortex vortices

    Nouns ending in is becoming es in plural:

    Singular Plural form


    analysis analyses
    axis axes
    basis bases
    crisis crises
    diagnosis diagnoses
    emphasis emphases
    hypothesis hypotheses
    neurosis neuroses
    oasis oases
    parenthesis parentheses
    synopsis synopses
    thesis theses

    Nouns ending in -on becoming -a:

    singular plural
    criterion criteria
    phenomenon phenomena
    automaton automata

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