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No, the plural form of sir is gentlemen. The is no such word as "sirs."

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The word 'sirs' does indeed exist and is perfectly acceptable (see, for example, the Chambers Dictionary). You can use it when writing to a firm if you do not know the names of particular people:

'Dear Sirs' (or just 'Sirs')

'I would like to bring to your attention the recent problem .... '

Depending on the context, the word 'gentlemen' is also available, as are 'Messieurs' and 'Messrs'. It is important to use the right word for any given context. In some circumstances, it would be better not to attempt to make the word plural at all but to omit it altogether.

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13y ago

In another Q&A on the website, we are told that the plural word for "sir" is "gentlemen." I've used that in many situations and it always seems to fit. To apply the same logic to "ma'am," the plural form would be "ladies." In other words, in the singular form we have sir and ma'am, and in the plural form we have ladies and gentlemen.

Ma'am is from the French madame - the plural would therefor be mesdames.

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13y ago

The feminine of sir would be madam (the most commonly used feminine name), ma'am (the contraction of madam, pronounced mahm or maem), miss (also the feminine of master and mister and the maiden form of missus) and dame (used more formally and also the feminine of knight).

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13y ago

The plural of sir is sirs.

In formal correspondence, sirs or gentlemen are equally acceptable.

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11y ago

Sirs.

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Madam

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