referendums
- 1Plural of referendum.
Several referendums on constitutional changes were scheduled for the fall.
Local councils called multiple referendums to settle the funding dispute.
Note
The English-pattern plural, made with a plain -s, which stands alongside the Latinate referenda. Usage guides increasingly prefer this form, and for a sound reason: in Latin, referendum is a gerundive, a form with no genuine plural, so referenda borrows a grammar the word never had. It serves both meanings of the singular, from a popular vote on a constitutional amendment to a choice taken as a judgment on something else.
referendums is a form of referendum
referendum, noun: A direct vote by the public on a proposed law or constitutional amendment. Full entry
- Forms
- referendumreferenda pluralreferendums plural
- Spelling
- referendum → referendums: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /z/.
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