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Grammar – Singular and Plural Nouns

100 English Nouns which are Plural Only (Plurale Tantum) – by Category

The Latin phrase Plurale Tantum refers to a noun which has a plural form but no singular form.

A Plurale Tantum is often one item with two parts, working together as a set, particularly clothes for
the lower half of the body, e.g. trousers, leggings, shorts, etc. We cannot have one trouser, one
legging, or one short, for example.

A. trousers E. money J. food


chaps alms breadcrumbs
chinos belongings dregs
dungarees coffers leftovers
flares damages slops
jeans earnings
jeggings funds K. sport
jodhpurs monies
leggings riches aerobics
Levis valuables billiards
slacks wages Reeboks
trousers stirrups
F. outdoors
B. shorts L. celebrations
backwoods
Bermudas outskirts banns
shorts surroundings congratulations
trunks hysterics
G. eyewear jitters
C. underwear nuptials
bifocals thanks
boxers binoculars tidings
briefs glasses
Calvins goggles M. time
drawers RayBans
knickers spectacles annals
long johns bygones
panties H. health
pants N. combat
suspenders measles
tights mumps arms
underpants shingles civvies
undies fatigues
I. problems guts
D. tools heroics
ashes munitions
bagpipes blues
bellows condolences O. miscellaneous
forceps creeps
headphones doldrums clothes
nutcrackers fiddlesticks contents
scales handcuffs furnishings
scissors remains looks
shears shenanigans manners
tongs troubles optics
tweezers scruples
suds
vespers

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