teas
The plural of "tea" is teas.
Most English nouns form the plural by adding -s, and tea follows this rule.
Meaning: a hot drink made from leaves, or a type of this drink (noun)
How does it change in a sentence?
Use a plural verb with teas: the teas are. The possessive plural adds only an apostrophe: teas'.
How do you pronounce it?
tea is pronounced /tiː/. The plural ending sounds like /z/.
What mistakes should you avoid?
tea is uncountable when you mean the drink in general: I like tea. teas are cups of tea or kinds of tea.
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 cafe sells twenty teas from China.Singular: The cafe sells one tea from China.
- Two teas, please.Singular: One tea, please.
