elementaries
- 1Plural of elementary.
Funding cuts forced two neighborhood elementaries to merge their classes.
The county's elementaries each enrolled fewer students after the rezoning.
Note
A plural that only the noun uses of elementary can take. One is the clipped, informal name for an elementary school; the other is a supernatural being tied to the elements. The adjective, meaning basic or very simple, has no plural. The spelling follows the consonant-plus-y rule, so y becomes ie before -s. In talk of districts and enrollment, elementaries are schools, and the word keeps its informal flavor.
elementaries is a form of elementary
elementary, noun: A supernatural being associated with one of the classical elements of earth, air, fire, and water. Full entry
- Forms
- elementaryelementaries plural
- Spelling
- elementary → elementaries: change y to i, add -es
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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