# What is the plural of Lexus? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 26, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179 "2007-07-26T01:43:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DaveRaver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daveraver/32/1078_2.png) [@DaveRaver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DaveRaver)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/1 "2007-07-26T01:43:10Z")
:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![dolphinboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dolphinboy/32/330_2.png) [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/2 "2007-07-26T01:49:55Z")
Lexuses? ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/3 "2007-07-26T01:51:44Z")
Lexa ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/4 "2007-07-26T01:56:08Z")
N x Lexus ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/5 "2007-07-26T01:57:10Z")
If you’re talking the car, it’s Lexuses. Why would it be anything else? ---
**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/6 "2007-07-26T02:06:12Z")
[Lexii](http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/02/06)😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/7 "2007-07-26T02:07:32Z")
It’s not Latin, so it’s Lexuses. ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/8 "2007-07-26T02:12:43Z")
So how come only Greeks and Romans get to make their plurals in some interesting way? Whoever made up Lexus ought to get their own choice on plural. Lexea, Lexii, whatever they want. It’s our language, damnit! ## Tris Dictionary: n, A record of a moment in the history of a language, often confused by pedants for a rule book. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/9 "2007-07-26T02:16:05Z")
The Car Talk guys think [it is derived from Latin](http://www.cartalk.com/content/columns/Archive/1992/July/10.html): > [@](#): > > **Ray** : We suspect that the root of Lexus is Latin. And we traced it back to one of two possible roots. One is Latin for “half-price Mercedes.” And the other, roughly translated, means “Japanese Buick.” My guess is it’s probably the former. > > **Tom** : Also, sticking with Latin, we see two possible declensions. There’s the “opus” model, of which the plural is “opera.” So if we follow that rule, the plural of Lexus would be Lexera. One Lexus, two Lexera. > > **Ray** : More likely, Lexus follows the same rule as Taurus, which pluralizes as Tauri. So we’d have one Lexus, and two Lexi. Personally, I think that sounds classier. ---
**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/10 "2007-07-26T02:21:28Z")
The plural of Lexus is cars. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/11 "2007-07-26T02:46:14Z")
A Lexus. And another Lexus. Repeat as necessary. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/12 "2007-07-26T03:02:58Z")
If you have to ask, you can’t afford them! ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/13 "2007-07-26T03:04:46Z")
fleet ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/14 "2007-07-26T03:44:32Z")
I write and edit one of their in-house magazines, and one of the rules is that you never change the brand name under any circumstances. Another kinda-sorta rule (as in I can break it once or twice if I’m quoting one of the top executives, but not in my own writing) is to not use the word Lexus as a noun unless you’re referring to the company or the brand. The thing with four wheels and an engine is a vehicle. If you need to be more specific, it’s a Lexus vehicle, or a GS (or whatever other model you mean). I sometimes see the word ‘automobile’ used, but never ‘car’. The plural is ‘Lexus vehicles’, never “Lexuses” or any other spelling change. Similarly, I would write “The ES had sales of 20,000 units last year,” rather than “20,000 ESs were sold last year.” For possessives, Lexus’ is borderline acceptable, but it’s preferable to either be more specific (“The Lexus brand’s…”, “The Lexus Corporation’s…,”) or adjust the content to avoid that construction altogether (“The seats used by Lexus are…”). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/15 "2007-07-26T06:18:09Z")
It is not an ancient Latin word, so it pluralizes with a “S”. **kunilou** & **pulykamell** are correct. (Why do so many Dopers not cap the first letter in their username?) 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Lars\_Aruns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Lars\_Aruns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lars_Aruns)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/16 "2007-07-26T06:38:18Z")
Lexus cars, maybe? Lexus models? ---
**Author:** ![ticker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/17 "2007-07-26T12:29:21Z")
Definitely [Lexii](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Km11Cb5NDp0)😃 ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/18 "2007-07-26T12:56:18Z")
I think the plural is “lexuses”, but when I do a Google search on that I find pages on the Lexus ES. I think the Lexus corporation is trying to trick us. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/19 "2007-07-26T18:34:29Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] I write and edit one of their in-house magazines, and one of the rules is that you never change the brand name under any circumstances. Another kinda-sorta rule (as in I can break it once or twice if I’m quoting one of the top executives, but not in my own writing) is to not use the word Lexus as a noun unless you’re referring to the company or the brand. The thing with four wheels and an engine is a vehicle. If you need to be more specific, it’s a Lexus vehicle, or a GS (or whatever other model you mean). I sometimes see the word ‘automobile’ used, but never ‘car’. The plural is ‘Lexus vehicles’, never “Lexuses” or any other spelling change. Similarly, I would write “The ES had sales of 20,000 units last year,” rather than “20,000 ESs were sold last year.” For possessives, Lexus’ is borderline acceptable, but it’s preferable to either be more specific (“The Lexus brand’s…”, “The Lexus Corporation’s…,”) or adjust the content to avoid that construction altogether (“The seats used by Lexus are…”). [/QUOTE] This board is great. I was thinking “well, that’s a borderline GQ”, and then somebody (who actually works for Lexus) shows up and gives us a real GQ answer. Bravo! ---
**Author:** ![BlinkingDuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/eada6e/32.png) [@BlinkingDuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlinkingDuck)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2007, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179/20 "2007-07-26T18:43:20Z")
Screw what Lexus says. Lexii! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-plural-of-lexus/413179.md?page=2)