Invariable plurals
Nouns that are the same (invariable) in their singular and plural forms include the following:
- Nouns that end with an accented vowel.
la città → le città; il falò → i falò
the city → the cities; the bonfire → the bonfires
- Nouns of only one syllable.
il re → i re; la gru → le gru
the king → the kings; the crane → the cranes
- Nouns which come from foreign languages.
il computer → i computer; lo chalet → gli chalet
the computer → the computers; the chalet → the chalets
- Abbreviated nouns.
l'auto (l'automobile ) → le auto (le automobili)
the automobile → the automobiles
- Almost all nouns comprising two verbs or a verb and a feminine noun.
il posacenere → i posacenere; l'apribottiglie → gli apribottiglie
the ashtray → the ashtrays; the bottle-opener → the bottle-openers
- Certain masculine nouns that end in -a.
il cinema → i cinema; il gorilla → i gorilla
the movie theater → the movie theaters; the gorilla → the gorillas
- Certain feminine nouns ending in -i or -ie.
la crisi → le crisi; l'analisi → le analisi
the crisis → the crises; the analysis → the analyses
la specie → le specie; la serie → le serie
the species (singular) → the species (plural); the series (singular) → the series (plural)
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