plural

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: plu=ral

CIDE DICTIONARY

plural, a. [L. pluralis, from plus, pluris, more; cf. F. pluriel, OF. plurel. See Plus.].

 Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word.  [1913 Webster]
"Plural faith, which is too much by one."  [1913 Webster]

Plural number (Gram.), the number which designates more than one. See Number, n., 8.

plural, n. 

 The plural number; that form of a word which expresses or denotes more than one; a word in the plural form.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

plural, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 more than one in number.
2 Gram. (of a word or form) denoting more than one, or (in languages with dual number) more than two.
--n. Gram.
1 a plural word or form.
2 the plural number.

Derivative

plurally adv.

Etymology

ME f. OF plurel f. L pluralis f. plus pluris more

THESAURUS

plural

a certain number, a few, certain, composite, dual, more, more than one, nonuniqueness, not singular, number, numerous, numerousness, pluralism, pluralistic, plurality, pluralness, plurative, several, singular, some, trial, variety, various

ROGET THESAURUS

plural

Plurality

N plurality, a number, a certain number, one or two, two or three, a few, several, multitude, majority, multitude, plural, more than one, upwards of, some, several, a few, certain, not alone, et cetera, etc, among other things, inter alia, non deficit alter.