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Old 19-Nov-2003, 01:07
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what is a word that is male to female and plural to single by adding s
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I'm not sure I understand the question. What changes male to female by adding s?
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what is a word that is male to female and plural to single by adding s
There are many of these "singular to plural to singular by adding one or two s's" words.

One example is:

prince...princes...princess
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Now I've got it:
  • What is a word that you can change from male to female and from singular to plural by adding s?

Do you have another?

:D
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Old 19-Nov-2003, 18:52
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Now I've got it:
  • What is a word that you can change from male to female and from singular to plural by adding s?

Do you have another?

:D
Here is a list I developed for someone else. It is words that go from singular to plural to singular by adding one or two s's. Some change gender as well.

abbe > abbes > abbess
adventure > adventures > adventuress
bra > bras > brass
care > cares > caress
cosine > cosines > cosiness
deadline > deadlines > deadliness
gamine > gamines > gaminess
glassine > glassines > glassiness
la > las > lass
large > larges > largess
ma > mas > mass
marque > marques > marquess
mi > mis > miss
millionaire > millionaires > millionairess
mora > moras > morass
multimillionaire > multimillionaires > multimillionairess
ogre > ogres > ogress
pa > pas > pass
prince > princes > princess
pro > pros > pross
saltine > saltines > saltiness
sculpture > sculptures > sculpturess
sightline > sightlines > sightliness
squire > squires > squiress
timeline > timelines > timeliness
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Quite a list! (That answers the poster's question and them some.)

:D
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Quite a list! (That answers the poster's question and them some.)

:D
8)
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Quite a list! (That answers the poster's question and them some.)

:D
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bra > bras > brass
????
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Quite a list! (That answers the poster's question and them some.)

:D
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bra > bras > brass
????
That's the then some part.

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