cemeteries
USSEM-i-ter-eez/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɛɹ.iz/UKSEM-i-treez/ˈsɛm.ɪˌtɹiz/
- 1Plural of cemetery.
The city maintains several cemeteries dating back to the colonial era.
Volunteers spent the weekend cleaning headstones in two neglected cemeteries.
Note
A regular plural that still changes its spelling: the consonant-plus-y ending of cemetery becomes -ies, as in cities and stories. A vowel before the y would keep it (days, keys), which is why the rule is worth knowing. The plural possessive takes only an apostrophe after the final s: the cemeteries' gates, the cemeteries' records.
cemeteries is a form of cemetery
cemetery, noun: An area of land set aside for burying the dead, such as a graveyard or memorial park. Full entry
- Forms
- cemeterycemeteries plural
- Spelling
- cemetery → cemeteries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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