Explore Demonyms through 2 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Demonyms meaning
plural of demonym
Using Demonyms
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of demonym
Context around Demonyms
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Demonyms
- In this selection, "demonyms" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ethnonyms stand out and add context to how "demonyms" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include forms of demonyms ethnonyms e and used as demonyms for people. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "demonyms" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with demonyms
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
As is typical in Spanish, older adjectives of places are used as demonyms for people from those areas. (18 words)
English sometimes distinguishes between regular plural forms of demonyms ethnonyms (e.g. "five Dutchmen", "several Irishmen"), and uncountable plurals used to refer to entire nationalities collectively (e.g. "the Dutch", "the Irish"). (32 words)
English sometimes distinguishes between regular plural forms of demonyms ethnonyms (e.g. "five Dutchmen", "several Irishmen"), and uncountable plurals used to refer to entire nationalities collectively (e.g. "the Dutch", "the Irish"). (32 words)
As is typical in Spanish, older adjectives of places are used as demonyms for people from those areas. (18 words)
Example sentences (2)
As is typical in Spanish, older adjectives of places are used as demonyms for people from those areas.
English sometimes distinguishes between regular plural forms of demonyms ethnonyms (e.g. "five Dutchmen", "several Irishmen"), and uncountable plurals used to refer to entire nationalities collectively (e.g. "the Dutch", "the Irish").