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Template:en-noun is an inflection template for most English nouns.

Quick guide

code	result	notes
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}} or {{en-noun|s}}		Numbered arguments are plurals. Use + to explicitly request the default.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}} or {{en-noun|es}}		The default plural algorithm adds -es to nouns ending in -ch, -sh, -s, -z or -x.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}}		The default plural algorithm changes -y to -ies after a consonant.
{{en-noun}} or {{en-noun|+}}		The default plural algorithm just adds -s to -y following a vowel.
{{en-noun|-}}
{{en-noun|-|+}} or {{en-noun|-|s}}		Here we explicitly request a plural for a usually uncountable noun.
{{en-noun|-|+}}
{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|!}}
{{en-noun|?}}
{{en-noun|~|!}}		You can combine - or ~ with ! or ?.
{{en-noun|+|seraphim}}		Here we request the default plural and also specify an irregular plural.
{{en-noun|head=[[destroy]]ing [[angel]]}}		head= to explicitly insert links to multiword terms.
{{en-noun|head=[[chain]][[man]]|chainmen}}

Extended guide

Use this template to show the inflection line of an English singular noun.

This template shows the noun in bold (optionally linking its components) and its plural inflections, if any.

{{en-noun}}
{{en-noun|+}}
{{en-noun|s}}
{{en-noun|es}}
{{en-noun|...}}
{{en-noun|...|...}}

If the term has uncountable senses, the template can indicate whether the term is sometimes or never countable. Specifying - as the first parameter indicates that a term is uncountable, and no plural is shown by default. If it may occasionally be used as countable, specify the plural form after it.

{{en-noun|-}}
{{en-noun|-|+}}
{{en-noun|-|...}}

Specifying ~ instead indicates that the term is used more or less equally as countable and as uncountable, and uses the default plural.

{{en-noun|~}}
{{en-noun|~|...}}

In entries for English plural-only nouns, use {{en-plural noun}}:

{{en-plural noun}} 
{{en-plural noun|head=[[Christmas]] [[lights]]}} 
{{en-plural noun|head=firework}}

Parameters

The default plural is formed as follows:

1. If the noun ends in -s, -x, -z, -sh or -ch, add -es.
2. If the noun ends in -y preceded by a consonant (any letter other than a, e, i, o or u), change the -y to -i and add -es.
3. Otherwise, add -s.

If the noun forms its plural according to these rules, no parameters are necessary. E.g. on cherry:

===Noun===

{{en-noun}}

The above code displays as follows:

Noun

If the noun forms its plural in any other way (e.g. on erratum and mouse):

{{en-noun|errata}}

{{en-noun|mice}}

Likewise, if the noun is identical in the plural, but still countable, specify it, e.g. on Abkhaz:

{{en-noun|Abkhaz}}

To explicitly request the default plural, use +. This is not necessary if the only has one plural, but it useful if the noun has multiple plurals, e.g. on octopus:

{{en-noun|+|octopi|octopodes}}

If the noun is uncountable, use -, e.g. on awe:

{{en-noun|-}}

If the noun is usually uncountable, use - followed by an explicit plural, e.g. on reality:

{{en-noun|-|+}}

If the noun is either countable or uncountable, use ~, e.g. on beer and geometry:

{{en-noun|~}}

{{en-noun|~}}

If you want to qualify a plural, use |plNqual=, e.g. on tree:

{{en-noun|+|treen|pl2qual=obsolete}}

Pluralia tantum

If the word is a plurale tantum (always or usually used in the plural only, such as scissors or cattle), then use {{en-plural noun}} instead.

See also

• {{en-proper noun}}
• {{en-plural noun}}
• {{en-plural proper noun}}