Hey guys!
In English do we pronounce the plural of cloth, i mean cloths like /cloz/?
2006-08-13 11:58:43 · 7 answers · asked by vega 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Yes, clothes (sounds like close) There isn't a way to just identify one piece of clothing, there is no such thing as clo. Hehe.
2006-08-13 12:02:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The plural of dischcloth is dischcloths (with the end rhyming with moths), so the plural of cloth is cloths. It isn't normally used, however. As someone said in another answer, we say pieces of cloth, types of cloth etc.
Clothes in modern English is not the plural of cloth but a different, though related, word meaning garments. It has no singular that I know of.
2006-08-13 19:48:02 · answer #2 · answered by Dramafreak 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are talking about cloth and not clothing then the plural of cloth is cloth... IN my hand, I hold several pieces of cloth or there are cloth pieces over there.
2006-08-13 19:41:45 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, we do pronounce the plural of cloth, but it is not like (cloz). It is pronounced phonetically (clawths). That's one syllable.
2006-08-13 19:08:06 · answer #4 · answered by aldwin_donaldo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I pronounce it more like /clothz/ .. but the th isn't like the th in cloth (with the sound at the beggining of the word thicket) it is more like the th at the beggining of the word "the". sorry if that was confusing. haha.
2006-08-13 19:04:15 · answer #5 · answered by Kai 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, just say clothes (where are my clothes, I'm buying some clothes) you can use the word clothe (clothe yourself)
2006-08-13 19:10:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends, you can use it like : "Oh, there he goes, a man of the cloth." or if you're doing laundry: "Grab all the dirty cloths for me."
2006-08-13 19:03:32 · answer #7 · answered by sweet ivy lyn 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋