cows
The plural of "cow" is cows.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and cow follows this rule.
Meaning: an adult female farm animal kept for milk (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with cows: the cows are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: cows'.
How do you pronounce it?
cow is pronounced /kaʊ/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
cattle is the group word for cows and bulls together. It has no singular form.
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 cows are in the field.Singular: The cow is in the field.
- The farmer milks forty cows a day.Singular: The farmer milks one cow a day.
