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Template:en-noun is an inflection template for most English nouns.

Quick guide

code	result	notes
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}} or {{en-noun|s}}	noun (พหูพจน์ nouns)	Numbered arguments are plurals. Use + to explicitly request the default.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}} or {{en-noun|es}}	church (พหูพจน์ churches)	The default plural algorithm adds -es to nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -z or -x.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}}	belfry (พหูพจน์ belfries)	The default plural algorithm changes -y to -ies after a consonant.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}}	decoy (พหูพจน์ decoys)	The default plural algorithm just adds -s to -y following a vowel.
{{en-noun|-}}	awe (นับไม่ได้)
{{en-noun|-|+}} or {{en-noun|-|s}}	rain (โดยปกตินับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ rains)	Here we explicitly request a plural for a usually uncountable noun.
{{en-noun|-|+}}	greenery (โดยปกตินับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ greeneries)
{{en-noun|~}}	beer (นับได้และนับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ beers)
{{en-noun|!}}	abligurition (plural not attested)
{{en-noun|?}}	tuchus
{{en-noun|~|!}}	tuchus (นับได้และนับไม่ได้, plural not attested)	You can combine - or ~ with ! or ?.
{{en-noun|+|seraphim}}	seraph (พหูพจน์ seraphs หรือ seraphim)	Here we request the default plural and also specify an irregular plural.
{{en-noun|head=[[destroy]]ing [[angel]]}}	destroying angel (พหูพจน์ destroying angels)	Use |head= to explicitly insert links to multiword terms.
{{en-noun|head=[[chain]][[man]]|chainmen}}	chainman (พหูพจน์ chainmen)

Extended guide

Use this template to show the inflection line of an English singular noun.

This template shows the noun in bold (optionally linking its components) and its plural inflections, if any.

{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun|+}}
{{en-noun|s}}
{{en-noun|es}}
{{en-noun|...}}
{{en-noun|...|...}}

If the term has uncountable senses, the template can indicate whether the term is sometimes or never countable. Specifying - as the first parameter indicates that a term is uncountable, and no plural is shown by default. If it may occasionally be used as countable, specify the plural form after it.

{{en-noun|-}}
{{en-noun|-|+}}
{{en-noun|-|...}}

Specifying ~ instead indicates that the term is used more or less equally as countable and as uncountable, and uses the default plural.

{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~|...}}

In entries for English plural-only nouns, use {{en-plural noun}}:

{{en-plural noun}} 
{{en-plural noun|head=[[Christmas]] [[lights]]}} 
{{en-plural noun|head=firework}}

Parameters

The default plural is formed as follows:

1. If the noun ends in -s, -x, -z, -sh or -ch, add -es.
2. If the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant (any letter other than a, e, i, o or u), change the -y to -i and add -es.
3. Otherwise, add -s.

If the noun forms its plural according to these rules, no parameters are necessary. E.g. on cherry:

===Noun===

{{en-noun}}

The above code displays as follows:

cherry (พหูพจน์ cherries)

If the noun forms its plural in any other way (e.g. on erratum and mouse):

{{en-noun|errata}}

erratum (พหูพจน์ errata)

{{en-noun|mice}}

mouse (พหูพจน์ mice)

Likewise, if the noun is identical in the plural, but still countable, specify it, e.g. on Abkhaz:

{{en-noun|Abkhaz}}

Abkhaz (พหูพจน์ Abkhaz)

To explicitly request the default plural, use +. This is not necessary if the only has one plural, but it useful if the noun has multiple plurals, e.g. on octopus:

{{en-noun|+|octopi|octopodes}}

octopus (พหูพจน์ octopuses หรือ octopi หรือ octopodes)

If the noun is uncountable, use -, e.g. on awe:

{{en-noun|-}}

awe (นับไม่ได้)

If the noun is usually uncountable, use - followed by an explicit plural, e.g. on reality:

{{en-noun|-|+}}

reality (โดยปกตินับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ realities)

If the noun is either countable or uncountable, use ~, e.g. on beer and geometry:

{{en-noun|~}}

beer (นับได้และนับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ beers)

{{en-noun|~}}

geometry (นับได้และนับไม่ได้, พหูพจน์ geometries)

If you want to qualify a plural, use |plNqual=, e.g. on tree:

{{en-noun|+|treen|pl2qual=obsolete}}

Pluralia tantum

If the word is a plurale tantum (always or usually used in the plural only, such as scissors or cattle), then use {{en-plural noun}} instead.

See also

• {{en-proper noun}}
• {{en-plural noun}}
• {{en-plural proper noun}}