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Linguipedia: New page: A '''plurale tantum''' is a noun that only occurs in the plural. ===Term properties=== The plural of ''plurale tantum'' is ''pluralia tantum'' (see section "Origin"). ===Exam...

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New page: A '''plurale tantum''' is a noun that only occurs in the plural. ===Term properties=== The plural of ''plurale tantum'' is ''pluralia tantum'' (see section "Origin"). ===Exam...

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A '''plurale tantum''' is a [[noun]] that only occurs in the [[plural]].

===Term properties===
The [[plural]] of ''plurale tantum'' is ''pluralia tantum'' (see section "Origin").

===Examples===
Examples of English pluralia tantum are ''trousers'', ''scissors'', ''scales''.

===Origin===
''Tantum'' is from Latin and means 'only'.

===See also===
*[[duale tantum]]
*[[reciprocum tantum]]

===Reference===
*Vraciu, Ariton. 1976. Considérations sur l'emploi des noms pluralia tantum dans les langues baltiques, slaves et finno-ougriennes. ''Acta Baltico-Slavica'' 9: 27-37. (Wrocław)

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 *Vraciu, Ariton. 1976. Considérations sur l'emploi des noms pluralia tantum dans les langues baltiques, slaves et finno-ougriennes. ''Acta Baltico-Slavica'' 9: 27-37. (Wrocław)
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 ===Origin===
-''Tantum'' is from Latin and means 'only'.
+''Tantum'' is from Latin and means 'only', and ''plurale'' is the Latin form of ''plural''. So ''plurale tantum'' is originally a Latin phrase meaning 'plural only'. The Latin plural of ''plurale'' is ''pluralia''.
 ===See also===