Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "A plurale tantum (Latin for \"plural only\"; plural form: pluralia tantum or pluralia tanta) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for referring to a single object. In a less strict usage of the term it can also refer to nouns whose singular form is rarely used. In English pluralia tantum are typically words which denote objects that function as pairs or sets (spectacles, trousers, pants, scissors, clothes, electronics, bagpipes, genitals)."@en }
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- Plurale_tantum comment "A plurale tantum (Latin for \"plural only\"; plural form: pluralia tantum or pluralia tanta) is a noun that appears only in the plural form and does not have a singular variant for referring to a single object. In a less strict usage of the term it can also refer to nouns whose singular form is rarely used. In English pluralia tantum are typically words which denote objects that function as pairs or sets (spectacles, trousers, pants, scissors, clothes, electronics, bagpipes, genitals).".