plurielle

Plurielle is the feminine form of the French adjective pluriel, meaning "plural." In French, adjectives agree with the gender and number of the noun they modify. The full paradigm for this adjective is pluriel (masculine singular), plurielle (feminine singular), pluriels (masculine plural), and plurielles (feminine plural). Plurielle is used when the noun being described is feminine and the described form is plural.

Etymology and form: pluriel originates from Latin pluralis and entered French through Old French. The feminine singular form plurielle is created by adding the standard feminine suffix -elle to the masculine stem.

Usage notes: In practice, plurielle appears most often in phrases such as "la forme plurielle" (the plural form) or "des formes plurielles" (feminine plural forms). The term is primarily encountered in grammar descriptions, language-learning materials, and dictionaries, rather than as a standalone lexical item.

Examples:

- La forme plurielle du nom robe est robes.

- Dans cette table, on compare les pluriels et les plurielles des mots féminins.

See also: French grammar, adjective agreement, gender and number in French.

Plurielle thus functions as a standard grammatical form rather than a distinct lexical entry, and illustrates how French marks gender and number in agreement with the noun it describes.