Plurale tantum

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A plurale tantum (plural: pluralia tantum) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant, though it may still refer to one or many of the object it names. Many languages have pluralia tantum, such as the English words "scissors" and "pants".

The converse term, for a noun which appears only in the singular, is singulare tantum (plural: singularia tantum), for example the English word "dust".

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