FromMiddle English singuler Old French Latin singulāris ( “ alone of its kind ” ) , fromLatin singulus ( “ single ” ) .
singular (comparative moresingular ,superlative mostsingular )
Being onlyone of a largerpopulation ;single ,individual .Synonyms: individual see also Thesaurus:specific Antonyms: general see also Thesaurus:generic Asingular experiment cannot be regarded as scientific proof of the existence of a phenomenon.
1387–1400 Geoffrey Chaucer , “The Canon’s Yeoman’s Tale ”, inThe Canterbury Tales William Caxton , published1478] ,→OCLC Charles Cowden Clarke , editor,The Canterbury Tales of Chaucer. [ … ] , 2nd edition, volume III, Edinburgh: James Nichol; London: James Nisbet & Co.; Dublin: W. Robertson,1860 ,→OCLC page158 :And God forbid that all a company / Should rue asingular manne's folly. And may God forbid that a whole group should suffer for asingle man's folly. Being theonly one of thekind ;unique .Synonyms: unique see also Thesaurus:unique She has asingular personality.
1705 J[oseph] Addison ,Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703 , London: [ … ] Jacob Tonson , [ … ] →OCLC The busts[ …] singular in their kind.
1839 Charles Darwin ,Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty’s ShipsAdventure andBeagle , between the Years 1826 and 1836, [ … ] , volume III, London:Henry Colburn , [ … ] →OCLC pages461–462 :A group of finches, of which Mr. Gould considers there are thirteen species; and these he has distributed into for new sub-genera. These birds are the mostsingular of any in the archipelago.
Distinguished by superiority:peerless ,unmatched ,eminent ,exceptional ,extraordinary .Synonyms: exceptional extraordinary remarkable a man ofsingular gravity or attainments
Out of the ordinary; curious.Synonyms: curious eccentric funny odd peculiar rum rummy strange unusual see also Thesaurus:strange It was verysingular ; I don't know why he did it.
1641 (first performance), [John Denham ],The Sophy. [ … ] , 2nd edition, London: [ … ] J[ ohn] M[ acock] forH[ enry] Herringman , [ … ] 1667 ,→OCLC page11 :Soſingular a ſadneſs / Muſt have a cauſe as ſtrange as the effect:[ …]
1667 John Milton , “Book V”, inParadise Lost. [ … ] [ … ] [Samuel Simmons ], and are to be sold by Peter Parker [ … ] [ a] nd by Robert Boulter [ … ] [ a] nd Matthias Walker, [ … ] →OCLC Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [ … ] , London: Basil Montagu Pickering [ … ] 1873 ,→OCLC His zeal / None seconded, as out of season judged, / Orsingular and rash.
( grammar ) Antonym: plural ( linear algebra , of matrix) inverse .Synonym: non-invertible Antonyms: invertible non-singular ( linear algebra , of transformation) ( set theory , of a cardinal number) cofinality .( chiefly law ) to convey several parcels of land, all andsingular
1667 March 12 (first performance; Gregorian calendar),John Dryden ,Secret-Love, or The Maiden-Queen: [ … ] [ … ] Henry Herringman , [ … ] 1668 ,→OCLC page 1 :Cel [ adon ] [ …] Meliſſa ’s tvvo fair Daughters? /Aſt [ eria ] Cel . VVhich of ’em, naughty ſiſter, vvhat a question’s there? VVith both of ’em, vvith each andsingular of ’em.
( obsolete ) 1577 Raphaell Holinshed ,The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande [ … ] [ … ] [ Henry Bynneman] for Iohn Harrison,→OCLC Thus made he an end, and the two princes allowed well of his last motion, and so order was taken, that they should fight togither in asingular combat
being only one of larger population
Bulgarian:единствен (bg) ( edinstven ) Catalan:singular (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:單一 / 单一 (zh) ( dānyī ) Finnish:yksittäinen (fi) German:einzeln (de) Indonesian:tunggal (id) Japanese:唯一 (ja) ( yuiitsu ) ,無二 (ja) ( muni ) Korean:단일(單一)하다 ( danilhada ) ,유일(唯一)하다 (ko) ( yuilhada ) Latin:singulāris Norwegian:Bokmål:enkelt (no) Nynorsk:einskild einstaka enkelt Portuguese:único (pt) ,simples (pt) Romanian:unic (ro) m singular (ro) Russian:еди́нственный (ru) ( jedínstvennyj ) Scottish Gaelic:singilte Slovak:jediný Spanish:singular (es) Swedish:ensam (sv) ,enstaka (sv) Tamil:தனி (ta) ( taṉi ) ,ஒற்றை (ta) ( oṟṟai ) Turkish:tek (tr) ,spesifik (tr) ,belirli (tr)
being the only one of a kind
Bulgarian:единствен (bg) ( edinstven ) Catalan:singular (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:獨一無二 / 独一无二 (zh) ( dúyīwú'èr ) Coptic:ⲫⲏⲉⲧⲁⲩⲑⲁϣϥ m ( phēetauthašf ) Dutch:enig (nl) ,enige (nl) Finnish:ainutlaatuinen (fi) ,uniikki (fi) German:einzigartig (de) Japanese:単一 (ja) ( tan'itsu ) Korean:단일(單一)하다 ( danilhada ) ,유일(唯一)하다 (ko) ( yuilhada ) ,유일무이(唯一無二)하다 ( yuilmu'ihada ) Middle English:soleyn Portuguese:singular (pt) ,único (pt) Romanian:singular (ro) m Russian:едини́чный (ru) ( jediníčnyj ) Scottish Gaelic:singilte Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:појѐдӣнӣ јѐдӣнӣ о̀собит Roman:pojèdīnī (sh) ,jèdīnī (sh) ,òsobit (sh) Slovak:jedinečný Spanish:singular (es) Swedish:ensam (sv) ,unik (sv) Tamil:தனித்துவமான ( taṉittuvamāṉa ) Turkish:eşsiz (tr) ,ünik (tr) Welsh:unigol (cy)
distinguished by superiority
Bulgarian:изключителен (bg) ( izključitelen ) Catalan:singular (ca) ,únic (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:非凡 (zh) ( fēifán ) ,獨特 / 独特 (zh) ( dútè ) Dutch:uitzonderlijk (nl) ,opmerkelijk (nl) ,opmerkelijke (nl) Finnish:erinomainen (fi) ,tavaton (fi) German:einzigartig (de) Japanese:非凡 (ja) ( hibon ) ,希有 (ja) ( keu ) Korean:뛰어나다 (ko) ( ttwieonada ) ,훌륭하다 (ko) ( hullyunghada ) ,비범(非凡)하다 (ko) ( bibeomhada ) Portuguese:singular (pt) ,único (pt) Romanian:unic (ro) m Slovak:jedinečný Spanish:único (es) Swedish:enastående (sv) ,utmärkt (sv) Tamil:மேம்பட்ட ( mēmpaṭṭa ) ,ஒப்பற்ற (ta) ( oppaṟṟa ) ,நிகரற்ற ( nikaraṟṟa ) Turkish:üstün (tr)
being out of the ordinary
Bulgarian:необикновен (bg) ( neobiknoven ) ,особен (bg) ( osoben ) Catalan:singular (ca) Chinese:Mandarin:奇特 (zh) ( qítè ) ,不 尋常 / 不 寻常 ( bùxúncháng ) Dutch:ongewoon (nl) Finnish:harvinainen (fi) ,merkillinen (fi) ,omituinen (fi) ,kummallinen (fi) German:ungewöhnlich (de) Japanese:( superior ) 非凡 (ja) ( hibon ) ,希有 (ja) ( keu ) ,( odd ) 奇妙 (ja) ( kimyō ) ,風変わり (ja) ( fūgawari ) Korean:특이(特異)하다 (ko) ( teugihada ) ,희한(稀罕)하다 (ko) ( huihanhada ) ,( odd ) 기묘(奇妙)하다 (ko) ( gimyohada ) ;기이(奇異)하다 (ko) ( giihada ) Polish:osobliwy (pl) Portuguese:singular (pt) ,único (pt) Romanian:neobișnuit (ro) Russian:своеобра́зный (ru) ( svojeobráznyj ) ,необыкнове́нный (ru) ( neobyknovénnyj ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:не̏обичан Roman:nȅobičan (sh) Slovak:jedinečný Spanish:singular (es) Swedish:besynnerlig (sv) ,egendomlig (sv) ,säregen (sv) Tamil:தனித்துவமான ( taṉittuvamāṉa ) Turkish:farklı (tr) Ukrainian:своєрі́дний ( svojerídnyj ) Welsh:nodedig (cy) ,hynod
grammar: referring to only one thing
linear algebra: of matrix: having no inverse
linear algebra: of transformation
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singular (plural singulars
( grammar ) Antonym: plural ( logic ) grammar: form of a word that refers to only one thing
Albanian:njëjës (sq) ,numri njëjës m Arabic:مُفْرَد (ar) m ( mufrad ) ,صِيغَة اَلْمُفْرَد f ( ṣīḡat al-mufrad ) Armenian:եզակի թիվ (hy) ( ezaki tʻiv ) ,եզակի (hy) ( ezaki ) Belarusian:адзіно́чны лік m ( adzinóčny lik ) Breton:unander (br) m Bulgarian:еди́нствено число́ n ( edínstveno čisló ) Burmese:ဧကဝုစ်ကိန်း (my) ( eka.wuckin: ) Catalan:singular (ca) m Chinese:Mandarin:單數 / 单数 (zh) ( dānshù ) Czech:jednotné číslo (cs) n Danish:ental (da) ,singularis (da) Dutch:enkelvoud (nl) n Estonian:ainsus (et) Faroese:eintal (fo) n Finnish:yksikkö (fi) French:singulier (fr) m Georgian:მხოლოობითი რიცხვი ( mxoloobiti ricxvi ) German:Einzahl (de) f Singular (de) m Singularis m ( dated ) Greenlandic:ataasersiut Hindi:एकवचन (hi) m ( ekavcan ) Hungarian:egyes (hu) Icelandic:eintala (is) f Ingrian:yksikkö Italian:singolare (it) m Japanese:単数形 (ja) ( tansū-kei ) ,単数 (ja) ( たんすう, tansū ) Khmer:ឯកវចនៈ ( ʼaek vaccaʼnaʼ ) Korean:단수형(單數形) ( dansuhyeong ) ,단수(單數) (ko) ( dansu ) Lao:ເອກກະພົດ ( ʼēk ka phot ) Latin:numerus singulāris singulāris Latvian:vienskaitlis (lv) m Lithuanian:vienãskaita (lt) f Macedonian:е́днина f ( édnina ) Maltese:farrad waħdieni m Mongolian:ганц тоо (mn) ( ganc too ) Occitan:singular (oc) m Old French:singuler m Persian:مفرد (fa) ( mofrad ) Polish:liczba pojedyncza (pl) f Portuguese:singular (pt) Quechua:sapa Russian:еди́нственное число́ (ru) n ( jedínstvennoje čisló ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:једнѝна f си̏нгула̄р m Roman:jednìna (sh) f sȉngulār (sh) m Slovak:jednotné číslo n singulár (sk) m Slovene:ednina (sl) f Spanish:singular (es) m Swedish:ental (sv) n singularis (sv) n singular (sv) n Tajik:мунфарид (tg) ( munfarid ) ,ягона (tg) ( yagona ) Tamil:ஒருமை (ta) ( orumai ) Telugu:ఏకవచనము (te) ( ēkavacanamu ) Thai:เอกพจน์ (th) ( èek-gà-pót ) Turkish:tekil (tr) ,müfret (tr) Ukrainian:однина́ (uk) f ( odnyná ) Vietnamese:số ít (vi) Volapük:balnum (vo) Votic:ühsikko West Frisian:iental (fy) Yiddish:איינצאָל f ( eyntsol )
“singular ”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary G. & C. Merriam ,1913 ,→OCLC William Dwight Whitney ,Benjamin E[li] Smith , editors (1911 ), “singular ”, inThe Century Dictionary [ … ] The Century Co. ,→OCLC “singular ”, inOneLook Dictionary Search . Borrowed fromLatin singulāris Doublet ofsenglar
singular m or f masculine and feminine plural singulars
singular Antonym: plural singular m plural singulars
( grammar ) singular Learned borrowing fromLatin singulāris
singular m or f plural singulares
( grammar ) singular Learned borrowing fromLatin singulāris Doublet ofsenheiro
singular m or f plural singulares
singular Synonym: único ( grammar ) singular Antonym: plural singular m plural singulares
( grammar ) singular Antonym: plural Borrowed fromLatin singularis French singulier
singular m or n feminine singular singulară masculine plural singulari feminine and neuter plural singulare
( grammar ) singular Borrowed fromLatin singulāris
sȉngulār m inan Cyrillic spelling си̏нгула̄р
singular Synonym: jednìna Borrowed fromLatin singulāris Doublet ofseñero
IPA (key ) : /sinɡuˈlaɾ/ [sĩŋ.ɡuˈlaɾ] Rhymes:-aɾ Syllabification:sin‧gu‧lar singular m or f masculine and feminine plural singulares
singular Antonym: plural odd ,peculiar Synonyms: raro peculiar singular m plural singulares
singular Antonym: plural 
