What's the plural of Prius
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4th declension neuter adjective. Depending on who you ask, the Latin plural is either "prius" and you change the noun which is being modified to a plural, or the Latin plural is "priores". (Root of "prius" is "prior")frbill99 said:If we use our Latin based system it should be Prii.
Peace.
Fr. Bill Kessler
Toyota seems to indicate that "Prius" is both singular and plural, like "deer" or "sheep"
Some English speakers tend to like "Priuses" or "Prii"
Or, you could treat like an adjective, and say that you saw "two Prius cars."
Whatever. we all know what you mean.
We asked the Toyota executive in charge of the initial Prius rollout how his people refer to more than one Prius. His response was "Prius".
They use the same word for both. And since they named the vehicle, they are the ones that get the official say... though you can still refer to them the way you want.
I prefer "Prius" for plural. It has a stealth-like quality.
They use the same word for both. And since they named the vehicle, they are the ones that get the official say... though you can still refer to them the way you want.
I prefer "Prius" for plural. It has a stealth-like quality.
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There is that... 8)john1701a said:
Makes sense to me... Now the only other quesiton... I've got my hoarde of locusts, my gaggle of gease, and my murder of crows...LowCO2 said:More than one genius = geniuses
More than one Prius = Priuses
What's the word for Priuses (Prius, Prii)
A Pride of Priusesmelgish said:Makes sense to me... Now the only other quesiton... I've got my hoarde of locusts, my gaggle of gease, and my murder of crows...LowCO2 said:More than one genius = geniuses
More than one Prius = Priuses
What's the word for Priuses (Prius, Prii)
A surprise of Prius
A capacity of Priuses
Uhmmmm..... :?:
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funny thread... couldn't put it down at all
good banter,
latin has gender divisions for some plurals...Masculine for Prius would then be Prium....Feminine would be prieau(pronounced pre-ay)
I'm not a laguage educated person but have run this one by some collage tweeks and this was thier take truthfully.
Made sense to me
Wahbutts
funny thread... couldn't put it down at all
good banter,
latin has gender divisions for some plurals...Masculine for Prius would then be Prium....Feminine would be prieau(pronounced pre-ay)
I'm not a laguage educated person but have run this one by some collage tweeks and this was thier take truthfully.
Made sense to me
Wahbutts
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