plurality

noun

1. 1

   (in an election with more than 2 options) the number of votes for the candidate or party receiving the greatest number (but less that half of the votes)

2. 2

   a large indefinite number

   a battalion of ants

   a multitude of TV antennas

3. 3

   the state of being plural

   to mark plurality, one language may add an extra syllable to the word whereas another may simply change the vowel in the existing final syllable