suns
The plural of "sun" is suns.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and sun follows this rule.
Meaning: a star, especially the one the Earth goes around (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with suns: the suns are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: suns'.
How do you pronounce it?
sun is pronounced /sʌn/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
Do not use an apostrophe to make a plural. suns 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
- Some star systems have two suns.Singular: Some star systems have one sun.
- The planet orbits twin suns.Singular: The planet orbits a single sun.
