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associative plural

noun

Etymology

From associative + plural.

  1. borrowed from plūrālis
  2. derived from plurel
  3. inherited from plurelle
  4. compounded as associative plural — “associative + plural”

Definitions

  1. A form of plural — typically used with a name, title or kinship term — which collectively…

    A form of plural — typically used with a name, title or kinship term — which collectively refers to all those people associated with the referent (within the given frame of reference).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for associative plural. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA