des
[dey]
- used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
Show More
DES
Show More
-des
- a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek: proboscides.
Show More
Origin of -des
< Greek, nominative plural of d-stem nouns
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for des
Contemporary Examples
That candidate, Joni Ernst, did herself no favors yesterday by blowing off the editorial board of The Des Moines Register.
The stories are told through the eyes of two fishing guides, Crunch and Des, with a spare grace and humor that stand strong.
The Des Moines women called their Senate contest “ugly,” the kind of race where you vote for the lesser of two evils.
The venue is favored by houses like Comme des Garçons and Cerruti 1881, which housed its mensweek show there last month.
The ex-girlfriend had rallied to his side and written a letter to the editor of The Des Moines Register in his defense.
Historical Examples
Since 1830 the widow again supplicated the Tribune des Chambres.
Her room was on the Rue des Orfevres, only three doors away from the Huberts.
The DreamEmile Zola
"Oh, he heard it fast enough, des Mazes," rejoined d'Hebonville.
The Boy Life of NapoleonEugenie Foa
He owned an extensive silk warehouse on the Boulevard des Capucines.
A Zola DictionaryJ. G. Patterson
"I live at the end of the Impasse des Bourdonnais," he said rapidly.
The Fat and the ThinEmile Zola
DES
- Department of Education and Science
Show More
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
DES
(dē′ē-ĕs′)- Diethylstilbestrol; a synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and once used to treat menstrual disorders. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers in the daughters of women so treated.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
DES
[dē′ē-ĕs′]
- Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.
Show More
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.