PluralizationService.Singularize(String) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Data.Entity.Design.PluralizationServices

Assembly:: System.Data.Entity.Design.dll

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Returns the singular form of the specified word.

public:
 abstract System::String ^ Singularize(System::String ^ word);

public abstract string Singularize (string word);

abstract member Singularize : string -> string

Public MustOverride Function Singularize (word As String) As String

Parameters

word: String

The word to be made singular.

Returns

String

The singular form of the input parameter.

Remarks

The PluralizationService class applies English rules for constructing plural and singular forms of words. To extend the service to other languages, use the PluralizationService on the EntityModelSchemaGenerator class.

Applies to