Meaning

noun the form of a word that is used to denote more than one

adjective composed of more than one member, set, or kind

adjective grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units

originFrom Middle English plurelle, from Old French plurel (“plural”), Borrowed from Latin plūrālis (“of or belonging to more than one, belonging to many”, adjective), from plūs, plūris (“more”) + -ālis.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0