des

¹ American  

[dey] / deɪ /

preposition

1. used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.

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DES ² American  

abbreviation

1. diethylstilbestrol.

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-des ³ American  

1. a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek.

   proboscides.

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DES British  

abbreviation

1. Department of Education and Science

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DES Scientific  

/ dē′ē-ĕs′ /

1. 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.

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Etymology

Origin of -des

< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns

Example Sentences

“For a grains producer, there’s no place to run and no place to hide,” said Don Roose, head of West Des Moines, Iowa-based brokerage U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal

"They went to Paris St-Germain and went man-to-man all over the pitch and got a result - a 3-3 draw at Parc des Princes. Chelsea fans may want a sexier name, but he has done a good job, and it is an opportunity too good to turn down."

From BBC

Not only was it renting a rugby stadium precisely 48 yards from PSG’s home at the Parc des Princes, it came backed by the family of luxury titan Bernard Arnault.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its headquarters on the Avenue Montaigne are barely 3 miles from the Parc des Princes, but the ambiences are worlds apart.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mark Oman, a former Wells Fargo executive and longtime friend of Abel, says that Abel and his wife, Andrea Abel, host gatherings at their home in Des Moines, Iowa, for the children who play on their son’s hockey team and their parents.

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