Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
PEOPLE
an army of soldiers
a bevy(A large gathering of people of a
particular type) of beauties/girls
a band of musicians
a band of robbers
a board of directors
a body of men
a bunch of crooks
a caravan of gypsies
a choir of singers
a class of pupils
a class of students
a company of actors
a company of soldiers
a congregation(A group of people who
adhere to a common faith and
habitually attend a given church )of
worshippers
a crew of sailors
a crowd of spectators
a crowd of people
a dynasty of kings
a galaxy of beautiful women
a galaxy of film stars
a gang of crooks
a gang of labourers
a gang of prisoners
a gang of robbers
THINGS
a gang of thieves
a horde(crowd) of savages
a host of angels
a line of kings/rulers
a mob(A disorderly crowd of
people) of rioters(trouble makers)
a group of dancers
a group of singers
a pack of rascals
a pack of thieves
a party of friends
a patrol(A group that
goes through a region at regular
intervals for the purpose of
security) of policemen
a posse(A temporary
police force) of policemen
a regiment of soldiers
a staff of employees
a staff of servants
a staff of teachers
a team of players
a tribe of natives
a troop of scouts
a troupe of artistes
a troupe of dancers
a troupe of performers
a party of friends
an album of autographs
a hail of bullets
an album of photographs
a hand of bananas (each a finger)
an album of stamps
a harvest of wheat/corn
an anthology(A collection ) of poems
a heap of rubbish
an archipelago(A group of many islands a heap of ruins
in a large body of water) of islands
a hedge of bushes
a bale of cotton
a heap of stones
a basket of fruit
a layer of soil/dirt
a batch(All the loaves of bread baked at a library of books
the same time) of bread
a line of cars
a battery of guns
a list of names
a block of flats
a mass of ruins/hair
a book of exercises
a necklace of pearls
a book of notes
an outfit of clothes
a bouquet of flowers
an orchard of fruit trees
a bowl of rice
a pack of cards
a bunch of bananas
a pack of lies
a bunch of flowers
a packet of cigarettes
a bunch of grapes
a packet of letters
a bunch of keys
a pair of shoes
a bundle of rags/old clothes
a pencil of rays
a bundle of firewood/sticks
a quiver(Case for holding
a bundle of hay
arrows) of arrows
a catalogue(A complete list of things; a range of hills
usually arranged systematically) of
a range of mountains
prices/goods
a ream of paper
a chain of mountains
a reel of thread/film
a chest of drawers
a roll of film/cloth
a cluster of coconuts
a rope of pearls
a cluster of grapes
a row of houses
a cloud of dust
a series of events
a clump of bushes
a set of china
a clump of trees
a set of clubs
a collection of coins
a set of tools
a collection of curiosities
a sheaf(bundle)of arrows
a collection of pictures
a collection of relics
a collection of stamps
a column of smoke
a comb of bananas
a compendium(collection) of games
a constellation of stars
a cluster of diamonds
a cluster(A grouping of a number of
similar things) of stars
a clutch(A number of birds hatched at
the same time) of eggs
a crate of fruit
a crop of apples
a fall of rain
a fall of snow
a fleet of motor-cars/taxis
a fleet of ships
a flight of aeroplanes
a flight of steps
a forest of trees
a galaxy of stars
a garland of flowers
a glossary of difficult words/phrases
a group of islands
a grove(A small growth of trees without
underbrush) of trees
ANIMALS
an army of ants
a bevy of quail
a brood/flock of chickens
a catch of fish
a cloud of flies
a cloud of insects
a cloud of locusts
a colony of gulls
a drove of cattle
a drove of horses
a flight of birds
a flight of doves
a flight of locusts
a flight of swallows
a flock of birds
a flock of geese
a flock of sheep
a gaggle of geese
a haul of fish
a herd of buffaloes
a herd of cattle
a herd of deer
a herd of elephants
a herd of goats
a herd of swine
a hive of bees
a host of sparrows
a kindle of kittens
a litter of cubs
a litter of piglets
By adding s
Singular
Plural
a litter of kittens
a litter of puppies
a menagerie of wild animals
a muster of peacocks
a nest of ants
a nest of mice
a nest of rabbits
a pack of hounds
a pack of wolves
a plague of insects
a plague of locusts
a pride of lions
a school of herrings/other
small fish
a school of porpoises
a school of whales
a shoal of fish
a skein of wild geese in flight
a string of horses
a stud of horses
a swarm of ants
a swarm of bees
a swarm of insects
a swarm of locusts
a team of horses
a team of oxen
a train of camels
a tribe of goats
a troop of lions
a troop of monkeys
a zoo of wild animals
Singular
Plural
Ant
Bicycle
Cow
Daughter
Egg
Flower
Grape
House
Jug
King
Ants
Bicycles
Cows
daughters
Eggs
Flowers
Grapes
Houses
Jugs
Kings
lock
magazine
nose
orange
picture
rose
spoonful
toy
vase
well
Locks
magazines
Noses
Oranges
Pictures
Roses
Spoonfuls
Toys
Vases
Wells
Plural
Studios
Tattoos
Torsos
Trios
Zeros
Plural
Potatoes
Tomatoes
tornadoes
Vetoes
Plural
Kidneys
Monkeys
Toys
Trolleys
Valleys
Singular
life
loaf
sheaf
thief
wife
Plural
Lives
Loaves
Sheaves
Thieves
Wives
Plural
handcuffs
Reefs
Roofs
Safes
Sheriffs
Singular
goose
louse
Plural
geese
lice
Crisis
emporium
fungus
Crises
mouse
emporia/emporium oasis
s
fungus/funguses tooth
By adding en or ren
Singular
Plural
Ox
Oxen
Singular
child
mice
oases
teeth
Plural
children
Plural
geese
lice
mice*
oases
teeth
The plural and singular forms of some nouns are the same
Advice
Advice
knowledge
knowledge
aircraft
Aircraft
music
music
baggage
baggage
news
news
Cattle
Cattle
offspring
offspring
Cod
Cod
scenery
scenery
Deer
Deer
series
series
Fish
fish**
sheep
sheep
furniture
Furniture
species
species
information
information
** More than one fish of the same species. Fishes are the plural of more
than one species of fish.
FEMININE
Actress/actor
author
Authoress/author
bachelor
spinster
boy
girl
Boy Scout
Girl Guide
brave
Squaw
bridegroom
bride
brother
sister
conductor
conductress/conductor
count
countess
czar
czarina
dad
mum
daddy
mummy
duke
duchess
emperor
empress
father
mother
father-in-law
mother-in-law
fiance
fiancee
gentleman
lady
giant
giantess/giant
god
goddess
governor
matron
grandfather
grandmother
headmaster
headmistress
heir
heiress/heir
hero
heroine
host
hostess/host
hunter
huntress/hunter
husband
wife
king
queen
lad
lass
landlord
landlady
lord
lady
man
woman
manager
manageress/manger
manservant
maidservant
master
mistress
mayor
mayoress/mayor
milkman
milkmaid
millionaire
millionaires/millionaire
monitor
monitress/monitor
monk
nun
Mr.
Mrs.
murderer
Murderess/murderer
nephew
niece
papa
mama
poet
poetess/poet
policeman
policewoman
postman
postwoman
postmaster
postmistress
priest
priestess/priest
prince
princess
prophet
prophetess/prophet
proprietor
proprietress/proprietor
protector
protectress/protector
shepherd
shepherdess
sir
madam
son
daughter
son-in-law
daughter-in-law
step-father
step-mother
step-son
step-daughter
steward
stewardess
sultan
sultana
tailor
tailoress/tailor
uncle
aunt
waiter
waitress
washerman
washerwoman
widower
widow
wizard
witch
CREATURES
MASCULINE
billy-goat
FEMININE
nanny-goat
boar (pig)
sow
doe
buck-rabbit
doe-rabbit
bull
cow
bull-elephant
cow-elephant
bull-seal
cow-seal
bullock
heifer
bull-seal
cow-seal
bull-whale
cow-whale
cob (swan)
pen
cock (rooster)
hen
cockerel
pullet
cock-pigeon
hen-pigeon
cock-sparrow
hen-sparrow
filly
dog
bitch
drake
duck
drone
bee
eagle
eagle
fox
vixen
gander
goose
hawk
bowess
he-bear
she-bear
he-goat
she-goat
he-wolf
she-wolf
jack-ass
jenny-ass, she-ass
leopard
leopardess
lion
lioness
peacock
peahen
ram (sheep)
ewe
stag
hind
stallion
mare
tiger
tigress
tom-cat
tabby-cat
turkey-cock
turkey-hen
wolf
she-wolf