airlines
SayAIR-lynzUS/ˈɛɹˌlaɪnz/UK/ˈɛəˌlaɪnz/
- 1Plural of airline.
Budget airlines compete fiercely on ticket prices for short routes.
Several major airlines merged during the last decade to cut costs.
Note
The plural is regular: the -s goes on the end of the closed compound, never on air. It takes a plural verb and plural determiners (several airlines are, many airlines fly). The possessive puts the apostrophe after the s, so the airlines' fares contrasts with one airline's fares. Since each airline is a company, the plural counts businesses, not aircraft or routes.
airlines is a form of airline
airline, noun: A company that operates airplanes to transport passengers and cargo, usually along scheduled routes. Full entry
- Forms
- airlineairlines plural
- Spelling
- airline → airlines: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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