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Plural of Premium

  • 24-03-2018 9:50am
    #1
    twignme
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭


    Is it ‘premiums’ or ‘premia’ ?

    I use the word frequently in work correspondence and believe that ‘premiums’ is the correct form, however a colleague disagrees. Or are both equally acceptable?


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  • #2
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,340 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    I think the correct plural of "premium", based on its Latin origin, is "premia", but just like for "forum, "millennium" and "aquarium", the plural with "s" is also used and accepted.

    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/plurals


  • #3
    hullaballoo
    Administrators, Entertainment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,707 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭hullaballoo


    It would be very weird if we had to adopt the plurals of the originating language for all of our borrowed words.


  • #4
    New Home
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 76,340 Mod ✭✭✭✭New Home


    At least we'd be rid of "paninis" and "cappucinos".


  • #5
    twignme
    Registered Users Posts: 343 ✭✭twignme


    New Home wrote: »
    I think the correct plural of "premium", based on its Latin origin, is "premia", but just like for "forum, "millennium" and "aquarium", the plural with "s" is also used and accepted.

    https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/spelling/plurals

    Thanks for the reference, I had seen some others with similar information. The problem is, the more you search, the more you find an equal distribution of opinion!
    Some time ago, when discussing the same issue with the word 'referendum', I had discovered a rule that said if it is the same referendum question carried out multiple times, that would be referendums, and if it was different referendum questions carried out at the same time, it would be referenda. or something like that anyway :D


  • #6
    Permabear
    Closed Accounts Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Permabear


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  • #7
    looksee
    Registered Users Posts: 28,036 ✭✭✭✭looksee


    I would agree about premiums being the more usual and acceptable form, premia is a bit, as Permabear says, pretentious sounding.


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