- plural of phenomenon.
phenomena
Americannoun
noun
Usage
As with other plurals of Latin or Greek origin, like media and criteria, there is a tendency to use the plural phenomena as a singular ( This phenomena will not be seen again ), but such use occurs infrequently in edited writing. The plural form phenomenas, though occasionally seen, has even less currency.
Etymology
Origin of phenomena
First recorded in 1580–90 with spelling phænomena
Example Sentences
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"These first materials that we have studied are like a baby step, or a prototype problem, along the way to more complex phenomena such as high-temperature superconductors and quantum magnets."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2026
Their effects have been observed through well established phenomena such as the Lamb shift, spontaneous emission, and the Casimir effect.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 3, 2026
The anonymous account, whose picture resembled a "Jujutsu Kaisen" character dubbed by Tsuda, combined images and seemingly AI-generated speech about urban legends, occult phenomena and conspiracy theories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The same phenomena that we saw in the global financial crisis “are all in place now, again.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
If there was no rain at all, there were freakish, inexplicable phenomena like the epidemic of diarrhea or the bomb line that moved.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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