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singularize
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singularize(locale = :en)
public
The reverse of pluralize, returns the singular form of a word in a string.
If the optional parameter locale is specified, the word will be singularized as a word of that language. By default, this parameter is set to :en. You must define your own inflection rules for languages other than English.
'posts'.singularize # => "post" 'octopi'.singularize # => "octopus" 'sheep'.singularize # => "sheep" 'word'.singularize # => "word" 'the blue mailmen'.singularize # => "the blue mailman" 'CamelOctopi'.singularize # => "CamelOctopus" 'leyes'.singularize(:es) # => "ley"