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  Es

  einsteinium.
• -es
  -es

  a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek.
• E.S.
  E.S.

  abbreviation

  Education Specialist.
• ES
  ES

  abbreviation

  El Salvador (international car registration)
• es
  es

  abbreviation

  Spain

Es

¹ American  

Symbol, Chemistry.

1. einsteinium.

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-es ² American  

1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek.

   Hyades.

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-es ³ American  

1. variant of -s in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes; buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies.

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-es ⁴ American  

1. variant of -s in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns ending in f with v in the plural: losses; fuzzes; riches; ashes; babies; sheaves.

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E.S. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Education Specialist.

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-es ¹ British  

suffix

1. for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s 1

   ashes

   heroes

   calves

2. for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s 1

   preaches

   steadies

   echoes

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ES ² British  

abbreviation

1. El Salvador (international car registration)

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Es ³ British  

symbol

1. einsteinium

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es ⁴ British  

abbreviation

1. Spain

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Etymology

Origin of -es

From the Greek suffix -es

Example Sentences

It clarifies: “But use the apostrophe alone for Jesus’ and for ancient and biblical proper names of more than one syllable ending in -es: Demosthenes’ orations, Xerxes’ conquests, Jesus’ birth.”

From Washington Post • Jan. 8, 2023

At I ii 4, A has omnes, where C1 has omnis, and in general even in A the accusative in -es is the predominant form.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

The so-called Northumbrian records of the ninth and tenth centuries frequently use -es instead of -est, in the 2nd pers. preterite of regular verbs, e.g., ðu forcerdes usic on-bec = Thou turnedst us hindward.

From Early English Alliterative Poems in the West-Midland Dialect of the Fourteenth Century by Morris, Richard

Appendage -es: any part, piece or organ attached by a joint to the body or to any other main structure.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Boxes, churches, judges, lashes, kisses, blazes, princes.—Here there is the addition, not of the mere letter s, but of the syllable -es.

From A Handbook of the English Language by Latham, R. G. (Robert Gordon)