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Octopuses. (the plural form of octopi is not correct)
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∙ 14y agoOctopuses or octopi, I believe.
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Is octopus a noun?
Yes, octopus is a noun. All animal names are nouns.
What part of speech is octopus?
Octopus is a noun.
Is octopus a proper noun?
Yes, "octopus" is a noun, a singular, common, concrete noun; a word for an animal, a word for a thing.
What is the plural noun of octopus?
octopods
What is a plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What is plural noun for octopus?
Octopi, I believe...
What are the two plural forms of the noun octopus?
Octopi and octopuses are both accepted plural forms for the singular octopus.
What is the past tense of octopus?
Octopus is a noun and so doesn't have a past tense. Only verbs have a past tense.
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 'octopus' in Italian?
Polpo is an Italian equivalent of 'octopus'. It's a masculine gender noun that takes as its definite article 'il' ['the'] and as its indefinite 'uno' ['a, one']. It's pronounced 'POHL-poh'.
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 is an example of a common noun that starts with a o?
A common noun is a general word for a person, a place, or a thing.Examples of common nouns starting with'o' are:oakoathoboeobserverobstetricianoccupationoceanocelotoctopusoddityodorofficeofficeroilokraoliveomeletteoneonusoozeopalopeningoperaoperationoperatoropiumopticianorangeorangutanorbitorchestraorganosteopathotterovalowloxoxygenoysterozone
