kingdoms
- 1Plural of kingdom.
Rival kingdoms fought over the fertile lands along the coast.
Several neighboring kingdoms formed an alliance against the invaders.
Note
A regular plural, made with -s, that carries every meaning of the singular. Rival realms at war are only part of its range: biologists use it for the broad ranks of living things that sit below domain and above phylum. When two of those ranks share one noun, the plural takes over, as in the plant and animal kingdoms. Figurative realms, where something holds sway, pluralize the same way.
The plant and animal kingdoms differ in how they obtain energy.
Classification schemes have long argued over how many kingdoms life should be divided into.
kingdoms is a form of kingdom
kingdom, noun: A country or realm that has a king or queen as its ruler, whether actually governing or holding the title only in name. Full entry
- Forms
- kingdomkingdoms plural
- Spelling
- kingdom → kingdoms: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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