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The preferred spelling is octopi. That is a Latin grammatical form, borrowed by English.
Sorry, David6023, you are DEAD WRONG again:"Octopodes" is the correct plural of octopus. 'Octopi' is a math term meaning 'pi to the eighth power'. Hoot mon, get the T-shirt: it's a hoot itself!
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zoos
What is the singular and plural possessive of octopus?
There are two accepted forms for possessive singular nouns ending in s:Add an apostrophe (') after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus'Add an apostrophe s ('s) after the existing s at the end of the word: octopus'sThere are two accepted plural forms for octopus, they are octopuses and ocotopi.The plural possessive forms are octopuses' and octopi's.
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That is the correct spelling of the plural of "octopus", which is "octopi".(not all -us words form the -i plural in English, e.g. fungi but hippopotamuses)
How do you make octopus plural?
It could be octopuses or octopi
How do you spell octopus?
That is the correct spelling of "octopus" (a tentacled cephalopod sea creature).
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 octopuses a plural noun?
Dictionaries now show both octopuses and octopi as the plural for octopus. In fact, when I spell checked this answer, the word octopi was highlighted for misspelling, the word octopuses was not. Either is correct.
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
How do you spell octupus?
octopus
Why don't sentences end the way you think it octopus?
because the plural of octopus is octopuses
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"
