Question

Select the plural of the foreign word given below:
Phenomenon
A) Phenomenii
B) Phenomenum
C) Phenomena
D) Phenomenas

Answer 1

Hint:A plural is a word that indicates that there is something more than one and it could be more than one person, animal, thing or idea. When we talk about more than one of anything, we are using plural nouns. For example:
Singular Plural
Man Men
Tooth Teeth
Child Children

Complete answer:
Here, in this question we have to give the floral form of the word phenomenon. The meaning of the word phenomenon is ‘a fact or situation that is observed to exist or happen, especially one whose cause or explanation is in question or event or happening or fact or situation’.
Option A) Phenomenii – is an incorrect answer because there is no such word as ‘Phenomenii’. So, this option is not the plural of the given word. Hence, incorrect answer.
Option B) Phenomenum – this is an incorrect option because ‘phenomenun’ is a plural of the owrd ‘phenomenon’. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.
Option C) Phenomena – is the correct answer because the plural of phenomenon is phenomena. This is the correct answer as phenomenon is the singular noun and phenomena is the plural noun.
Option D) Phenomenas – is again an incorrect answer because phenomenas is not the plural of the word phenomenon. Hence, this is an incorrect answer.

Hence the correct answer is option ‘C’.

Note:For answering such questions, generally, to make the plural of most words, we add an 's' at the end of the word like chef and the plural is chefs. However, there is an exception here this basic rule does not apply in this question and as a result Option D); and Options A) and B) are incorrect as they are not even words. The correct answer is Option C) - the word 'phenomena' is the specific plural form of the singular form 'phenomenon'.