brontosauruses
The plural of "brontosaurus" is brontosauruses.
Nouns that end in s, x, z, ch or sh add -es to make the plural, so brontosaurus becomes brontosauruses.
Meaning: a large plant-eating dinosaur with a long neck (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with brontosauruses: the brontosauruses are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: brontosauruses'.
What mistakes should you avoid?
brontosauri is also seen, but brontosauruses is the usual English plural.
Did you know?
- The -es ending comes from the Old English plural ending -as, which became the standard plural in Middle English.
Examples in context
- The museum has two brontosauruses.Singular: The museum has one brontosaurus.
- Brontosauruses were huge plant eaters.Singular: A brontosaurus was huge plant eaters.
