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[pherrari]

DEBATE!

Topic: What is the plural of sperm?

I think its sperm. Sperm are like deer. See, that sentence works.

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[sebastian86]

Main Entry: sperm
Pronunciation: 'sp&rm
Function: noun
Inflected Form(s): plural sperm or sperms
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French esperme, from Late Latin spermat-, sperma, from Greek, literally, seed, from speirein to sow; probably akin to Armenian p'aratem I dispense
1 a : SEMEN b : a male gamete
2 : a product (as spermaceti or oil) of the sperm whale

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[mikeybelcher]

Hahahahaha - you are awesome, like usual.

[gablazes]

NO, DAVID. We should FIGHT.

Sperm is short for spermatozoa. Clearly this means the plural is neither sperm nor sperms but in fact spermAE, short for the pluralization spermatozoae.

[sebastian86]

if we go by your rationalization, all that's added to spermatozoa is an e actually and so it wouldn't be spermAE but just spermE.

[gablazes]

No, because you've changed the ending sound of the root word you need to change the ending sound of its abbreviation. Hence spermae.

[sebastian86]

i stand by merriam-webster. www.m-w.com

[dalaihannah]

-ae is the nominitive plural case ending in Latin, which you add onto singular noun forms. interestingly,however, it is a feminine case ending... I wonder why spermatozoa is a feminine noun... tricky.

wow. I remember that from high school... awesome.

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[anonymous]

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