What's the plural of 'grand prix'? |
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Votes: 1637
Comments: 6
Added: July 2004
| sawyer - 23rd September 2006 00:39 |
| It's a plural noun like sugar or water. Grand prix. |
| PBT - 29th December 2006 11:28 |
| Grand Prix is French, and it means Large Prize. The plural of Prix in french is the same - Prix, but the adjective Grand has to agree with it, and the plural of Grand is Grands, hence the plural of Grand Prix is Grands Prix. It doesn't depend on how many votes it gets. |
| Jacques Villeneuve - 30th December 2006 10:40 |
| Who cares what the French plural is? Once it has become a loan word, it can behave differently- no one complains that 'spaghetti' is singular in English. |
| Dalriata - 21st April 2007 22:54 |
| Jacques Villeneuve and PBT both have valid points. However most English teachers tend to teach it as "Grands Prix". In speech though, I would suggest it's far more common to say "Grand Prixs" (pron: "grand preeze") |
| MCris - 2nd December 2007 18:10 |
| If you ask for the plural in English (not in French) it should be 'Grand prizes'. In French it's another fish meal. |
| Eugene - 9th December 2009 20:40 |
| I work in motor sport and have asked many colleagues who invariably agree that the plural of Grand Prix is Grand Prix. I think we should go with the view of the majority of motor sport experts, not English/Franch language boffins! |
