elephants
The plural of "elephant" is elephants.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and elephant follows this rule.
Meaning: a very large gray animal with a trunk (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with elephants: the elephants are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: elephants'.
How do you pronounce it?
elephant is pronounced /ˈɛlɪfənt/. The plural ending sounds like /s/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. elephants means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- Young children learning English often say mouses and foots. They are applying the -s rule to every noun, which shows they have learned the rule itself.
Examples in context
- We watched elephants at the river.Singular: We watched an elephant at the river.
- Elephants live for about seventy years.Singular: An elephant lives for about seventy years.
