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It could be octopuses or octopi
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Octopodes is a plural form of Octopus
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What is the possessive of octopus?
Octopuses or octopodes. The Anglicized (and most common) plural form of octopus is octopuses. Although it is often supposed that octopi is the 'correct' plural of octopus, and it has been in use for longer than the usual Anglicized plural octopuses, it in fact originates as an error. Octopus is not a simple Latin word of the second declension, but a Latinized form of the Greek word oktopous, and its 'correct' plural would logically be octopodes.
What are the two plural forms of the noun octopus?
Octopi and octopuses are both accepted plural forms for the singular octopus.
Is the word octopi a singular or plural?
The word 'octopi' is the plural form of the noun 'octopus'.The alternate plural form 'octopuses' is also generally accepted.
What is the plural noun of octopus?
octopods
What is the foreign plural of octopus?
octopuses
Why don't sentences end the way you think it octopus?
because the plural of octopus is octopuses
What is a plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What is plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What is the foreign plural form of octopus?
octopi
What is the form of octopus's?
The plural of Octopus is Octopuses. Octopodes is also acceptable but rarely used. The common misconception that the plural is octopi comes from the incorrect assumption that Octopus is a Latin word, it is in fact Greek.According to the authoritative Oxford English Dictionary, "the standard plural in English of octopus is octopuses. However , the word octopus comes from Greek and the Greek plural form octopodes is still occasionally used . The plural form octopi, formed according to rules for some Latin plurals, is incorrect"
Is octopi plural for octopus?
The word "octopus's" is a singular possessive noun, a word for one octopus that shows something in the sentence belongs to that octopus.Example: The octopus's color changed to blend into its background.There are two accepted forms for the plural of octopus:octopi (possessive form octopi's)octopuses (possessive form octopuses')Examples: The octopi's tank contained four octopi.The octopuses' tank contained four octopuses.
Is the plural of octopus?
The plural form of octopus is octopuses (or occasionally octopodes). Although it is often supposed that octopi is the 'correct' plural of octopus, and it has been in use for longer than the usual Anglicized plural octopuses, it in fact originates as an error. Octopus is not a simple Latin word of the second declension, but a Latinized form of the Greek word oktopous, and its 'correct' plural would logically be octopodes.Most dictionaries will list both octopuses and octopi as correct plurals.
