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====Foreign plurals==== For a number of nouns of Latin origin, a Latin-like plural may be used. Depending on the word and the formalness of the setting, a regular plural in {{lang|nl|-en}} or {{lang|nl|-s}} can also be used. * {{lang|nl|museum}} "museum" → {{lang|nl|musea}} or {{lang|nl|museums}} * {{lang|nl|politicus}} "politician" → {{lang|nl|politici}} Some modern scientific words borrowed from Latin or Greek form their plurals with vowel lengthening, like the native words listed above. These words are primarily Latin agent nouns ending in {{lang|nl|-or}} and names of particles ending in {{lang|nl|-on}}. Alongside the change in vowel length, there is also a stress shift in the plural, patterned on the Latin third declension where this also occurs. In each case, the singular follows a Latin-like stress, while the plural stresses the {{lang|nl|-on-}} or {{lang|nl|-or-}}. Some examples: * {{lang|nl|elektron}} ({{IPA|/eːˈlɛktrɔn/}} "electron") → {{lang|nl|elektronen}} ({{IPA|/eːlɛkˈtroːnə(n)/}} "electrons") * {{lang|nl|doctor}} ({{IPA|/ˈdɔktɔr/}} "doctor (holder of a doctorate)") → {{lang|nl|doctoren}} ({{IPA|/dɔkˈtoːrə(n)/}} "doctors") * {{lang|nl|graviton}} ({{IPA|/ˈɣraːvitɔn/}} "graviton") → {{lang|nl|gravitonen}} ({{IPA|/ɣraːviˈtoːnə(n)/}} "gravitons") * {{lang|nl|reactor}} ({{IPA|/reːˈɑktɔr/}} "reactor") → {{lang|nl|reactoren}} ({{IPA|/reːɑkˈtoːrə(n)/}} "reactors") Words borrowed from English or French will generally form their plural in {{lang|nl|-s}}, in imitation of the native plural of those languages. This applies especially to recent borrowings. * {{lang|nl|harddisk}} → {{lang|nl|harddisks}} * {{lang|nl|bonbon}} → {{lang|nl|bonbons}}
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