chairs
The plural of "chair" is chairs.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and chair follows this rule.
Meaning: a seat for one person with a back (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with chairs: the chairs are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: chairs'.
How do you pronounce it?
chair is pronounced /t͡ʃɛə/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. chairs 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
- We need four more chairs.Singular: We need one more chair.
- The chairs are made of oak.Singular: The chair is made of oak.
