seals
The plural of "seal" is seals.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and seal follows this rule.
Meaning: a sea animal with flippers, or a stamp that closes something (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with seals: the seals are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: seals'.
How do you pronounce it?
seal is pronounced /siːl/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. seals means more than one, while an apostrophe shows that something belongs to someone.
Did you know?
- The spoken plural ending has three sounds: /s/ after sounds like p, t and k, /ɪz/ after hissing sounds like s and ch and /z/ everywhere else.
Examples in context
- Seals lie on the rocks.Singular: A seal lies on the rocks.
- The letters had wax seals.Singular: The letters had a wax seal.
