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addendum addenda

alga algae
alumnus alumni
(USA, a male former student)
alumna alumnae
(USA, a female former student)
analysis analyses
antenna antennas or antennae
apex apexes
appendix appendixes or appendices
aquarium aquariums
armadillo armadillos
atrium atria
automaton automaton or automata
avocado avocados
axis axes
bacillus bacilli
bacterium bacteria
banjo banjo or banjoes
basis bases
bistro bistros
bureau bureaus, bureaux
cactus cactuses, cacti
calypso calypsos
candelabrum candelabra
cargo cargos or cargoes
casino casinos
chateau chateaus, chateaux
cherub cherubs, cherubim
cockatoo cockatoos
contralto contraltos, sometimes contralti
crisis crises
criterion criteria
curriculum curricula, sometimes curriculums
datum (rarely used) data (computer use, singular)
diagnosis diagnoses
dingo dingoes
domino dominoes
dynamo dynamos
echo echoes
ego egos
ellipsis ellipses
embargo embargoes
erratum errata
flamingo flamingos or flamingoes
focus foci
folio folios
formula formulas
fungus fungi, funguses
ganglion ganglia
graffito (not used) graffiti (also used as singular)
grotto grottos or grottoes
gymnasium gymnasiums or gymnasia
hero heroes
hippo hippos
hippopotamus hippopotami or hippopotamuses
hypothesis hypotheses
index indexes, indices
innuendo innuendos or innuendoes
kangaroo kangaroos
kibbutz kibbutzim
larva larvae
lasso lassos or lassoes
libretto libretti or librettos
locus loci
mango mangos or mangoes
matrix matrices
maximum maximums
medium media or mediums (in USA &
Australia, media is also singular)

memorandum memorandums

millennium millenniums or millennia

minimum minimums, sometimes minima

moratorium moratoriums

motto mottos or mottoes

narcissus narcissuses or narcissi

nebula nebulas or nebulae

oasis oases

paparazzo paparazzi
paralysis paralyses
parenthesis parentheses
pistachio pistachios
plateau plateaus or plateaux
platypus platypuses NOT platypi
phenomenon phenomena
podium podiums, sometimes podia
portfolio portfolios
potato potatoes
radio radios
radius radii or radiuses
ratio ratios
referendum referendums or referenda
rhino rhinos
rhinoceros rhinoceroses
seraph seraphs or seraphim
spectrum spectra
stiletto stilettos
stimulus stimuli
stratum strata
studio studios
syllabus syllabuses, sometimes syllabi
symposium symposiums or symposia
synopsis synopses
synthesis syntheses
terminus termini or terminuses
thesis theses
tornado tornados or tornadoes
torpedo torpedoes
vertebra vertebrae, vertebras
veto vetoes
virtuoso virtuosi
volcano volcanoes or volcanos
vortex vortexes or vortices
weirdo weirdos or weirdoes
zoo zoos

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