burglars
The plural of "burglar" is burglars.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and burglar follows this rule.
Meaning: a person who breaks into a building to steal (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with burglars: the burglars are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: burglars'.
How do you pronounce it?
burglar is pronounced /ˈbɜːɡlə(ɹ)/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. burglars means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The -s plural goes back to the Old English ending -as, which belonged to only one group of nouns, as in stānas, "stones". By the end of the Middle Ages it had spread to almost every noun.
Examples in context
- The burglars took the TV.Singular: The burglar took the TV.
- Police caught the burglars the next day.Singular: Police caught the burglar the next day.
