It depends. Most of the time, you pluralise these words in exactly the same way you pluralise any other word ending in s. You add “es”. This is true for focuses, buses, pluses, minuses, and most other words. However, there are exceptions. Words that come from latin, such as stimulus, nucleus, and radius, still act as they did in latin. That is, they end in “-i”: stimuli, nuclei, radii. For some words (such as radius) it may be acceptable to use an “-es” ending for these in semi-formal contexts. Even to that rule there is at least one. Virus is a Latin word ending in “us”. It is pluralised as “viruses” and not as “viri” as you would expect a Latin word to be. This is because, as far as we know, the word virus had no plural in the Latin language. “Viri” meant “men”; and “virus” was treated in Latin as a mass noun (like “happiness”) which don’t, in standard usage, take a plural form.
There is no absolute rule here. Words derived from Latin and ending in -us often keep -i endings derived from Latin--alumnus, alumni--but these tend to disappear over time (think alums). Words without such origins follow the normal rules for words ending in -s--e.g., bus, busses.
Words ending in -ful are pluralised by simply adding an -s, e.g.:
teaspoonful - teaspoonfuls
spoonful - spoonfuls
cupful - cupfuls
The rules for making proper nouns plural are the same as for making common nouns plural; for example Gus would be two Guses, Gladys would be two Gladyses.
Words ending in -ful are derived from nouns.Examplesbeauty gives beautifulwonderful gives wonderfulawe gives awful
-handful -skillful -playful -careful -doubtful -plentiful -merciful -purposeful
Ful is not a prefix. Some words with the suffix -ful are fanciful, mouthful, hateful, beautiful, etc.
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spitefulbeautifulcolorfulFollow the link to Wiktionary's list of words with -ful suffix
There are words that begin with the letter a and end with ful. However, there are no words on the English language that begin with the letters al and end with ful.
Words ending in -ful are derived from nouns.Examplesbeauty gives beautifulwonderful gives wonderfulawe gives awful
eventful, that's about it
The plural form for the noun teaspoonful is teaspoonfuls.
-handful -skillful -playful -careful -doubtful -plentiful -merciful -purposeful
Ful is not a prefix. Some words with the suffix -ful are fanciful, mouthful, hateful, beautiful, etc.
The plural form is tablespoonfuls.Note that tablespoonful is spelled without an 's' between 'spoon' and 'ful'.
Yes, the word "hope" does not have a suffix ending.
bashful
Tausug is a language spoken in the Sulu archipelago in the Philippines. It uses various words and phrases that convey meanings related to everyday life, culture, and traditions of the Tausug people, including greetings, terms of respect, and vocabulary specific to their environment and way of life. It's important to understand the context and cultural nuances of Tausug words to fully appreciate their meanings.
cupsful grandchildren People disagree if the plural is cupsful or cupfuls. Some compound words have the plural endings on the first noun element instead of the whole compound. The first noun is the prinicpal word. In cupsful -ful is not a word it is a suffix. Other examples sisters in law commanders in chief
Yes, the suffix in "helpful" is "-ful." This suffix is used to form adjectives from nouns or other adjectives, indicating full of or characterized by.