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The English word "kraken" (in the sense of sea monster) derives from Norwegian kraken or krakjen, which are the definite forms of krake ("the krake"). [6] According to a Norwegian dictionary, the root meaning of krake is "malformed or overgrown, crooked tree". [7] It originates from Old Norse kraki, which is etymologically related to Old Norse ...
English plurals include the plural forms of English nouns and English determiners. This article discusses the variety of ways in which English plurals are formed from the corresponding singular forms, as well as various issues concerning the usage of singulars and plurals in English. For plurals of pronouns, see English personal pronouns.
The Kraken, a boss in Tomb Raider: Underworld; Kraken, an enemy in the Clash of the Titans; Kraken, an enemy in Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb; Kraken, a boss in the game God of War II; Kraken, a boss in Lionhead Studios' Fable; Kraken, a boss in the game Pac-Man Party; Kraken, a monster in the game Evolve
The French terminations -ois / -ais serve as both the singular and plural masculine; adding e (-oise / -aise) makes them singular feminine; es (-oises / -aises) makes them plural feminine. The Spanish and Portuguese termination -o usually denotes the masculine, and is normally changed to feminine by dropping the -o and adding -a.
Most Prescriptivists consider these forms incorrect, but descriptivists may simply describe them as a natural evolution of language; some prescriptivists do consider some such forms correct (e.g. octopi as the plural of octopus being analogous to polypi as the plural of polypus). Some English words of Latin origin do not commonly take the Latin ...
Irregularly, English nouns are marked as plural in other ways, often inheriting the plural morphology of older forms of English or the languages that they are borrowed from. Plural forms from Old English resulted from vowel mutation (e.g., foot/feet), adding –en (e.g., ox/oxen), or making no change at all (e.g., this sheep/those sheep).
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Kraken, either alone or as a collective of "krakens" (the Norwegian plural, which is never used, would be kraker), has appeared in many games, particularly computer and video games. In the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, the kraken is a colossal, intelligent, evil creature that dwells deep underwater.