answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

ox-oxen: child-children

User Avatar

Wiki User

10y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

AnswerBot

2d ago

"Child" (children), "ox" (oxen), and "brother" (brethren) are examples of words with plurals formed by adding -en.

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: What words have plurals formed by adding -en?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Related questions

Why no 's' added on to the end of sheep?

The forming of plurals by adding 's' was introduced by the Norman French who invaded England after 1066. Prior to that the German technique of adding -en was used. In farming communities (especially remote sheep farms) the old ways of spelling and pronunciation hung on. (Sheep farmers in Yorkshire still count using Gaelic from ancient British times). The more common the word the less likely it was to change from germanic to french as people were too used to it to want to change. So words like man, woman, child, goose, deer, sheep, fish have irregular plurals.


What words that are like child in plural form?

"Children" has two old plural signs, both the r and the n. Other old words retaining the plural in -en are oxen and brethren. The plurals men and women are not formed the same way, however. In their case, it is the vowel that changes to create the plural, not the addition of -en.


What is an past participle?

A past participle is a verb form used in various ways, such as to form the perfect and passive tenses in English. It is typically formed by adding "-ed," "-en," or irregular endings to the base form of a verb. For example, in the verb "eat," the past participle is "eaten."


What words that have the prefix en?

Some words with the prefix 'en' are:enableenamoredencapsulateenchantencyclopediaencodeendureenergyengageenhanceenigmaenjoinenjoyenlargeenlightenennobleenrollensembleensureenterpriseentertainentityentourageentranceenunciateenvelope


Words that end with en?

Words that end with 'en':brightenlightenheightenabdomenwomenalienAmenawakenforsakenbadmenbefallenchosencitizenclubmancoachmencraftsmendampendeependarkendenBenmendoormendozendrivendrunkeneateneighteenelevensevenfallenfastenforbiddenforgiven


Who formed en vogue?

Denzil foster & thomas mcelroy


What are the Esperanto words for forward and backward?

They are antaûen and malantaûen.


What is words start with en?

Enact, end, endure, enhance, enjoy, enlist and enter are words. They begin with the letters EN.


What do the French words en chemin mean?

En chemin means "on the way."


What words with the prefix en?

enableenfoldennobledengorgedengraveengulfenlistenmeshentrenchedentwined


Words for the prefix en?

enclosedendangerendearingenfoldenforceengravedengulfenticedentrancedensconcedentrapenvision


How do you syllabicate words?

heav en