birds
The plural of "bird" is birds.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and bird follows this rule.
Meaning: an animal with feathers and wings (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with birds: the birds are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: birds'.
How do you pronounce it?
bird is pronounced /ˈbɜːd/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. birds means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- Birds sing outside my window.Singular: A bird sings outside my window.
- We counted twenty birds on the wire.Singular: We counted one bird on the wire.
