Plural Of Roof British English

Ruːf word forms.

Plural of roof british english.

Today the usage of rooves is so low as to approximate zero. The chart below shows the relative usage of rooves vs. Plural roofs ˈrüfs ˈru fs also ˈrüvz ˈru vz medical definition of roof 1. See also green roof living roof sunroof.

Trick to remember the difference. British english also like a cat on hot bricks very nervous. But what is the correct spelling in british english. We stepped out onto the roof of the building.

The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather. I ve tried it in english united kingdom and english new zealand i usually use the latter. Plural roofs pronunciation note. The plural form of roof is roofs or rooves.

The plural can be pronounced ruːfs or ruːvz. Bryan garner in his book garner s modern english usage estimates the disparity to be 535 1. A small stone cottage with a red slate roof. Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of english.

The vaulted upper boundary of the mouth supported largely by the palatine bones and limited anteriorly by the dental lamina and posteriorly by the uvula and upper part of the fauces. Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace. I always thought roof becomes rooves the way hoof becomes hooves. Roofs in english since 1800.

I have solar panels on my roof. I pronouce the plural rooves to rhyme with hooves. The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident. Rooves is an old secondary form and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves but it is not common enough to be considered standard.