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A plurale tantum is a noun that only occurs in the plural.
Term properties
The plural of plurale tantum is pluralia tantum (see section "Origin").
Examples
Examples of English pluralia tantum are trousers, scissors, scales.
Origin
Tantum is from Latin and means 'only'.
See also
Reference
- Vraciu, Ariton. 1976. Considérations sur l'emploi des noms pluralia tantum dans les langues baltiques, slaves et finno-ougriennes. Acta Baltico-Slavica 9: 27-37. (Wrocław)