des

¹

[dey]

preposition

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

DES

²

abbreviation

1. diethylstilbestrol.

-des

³

1. a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek.

   proboscides.

DES

abbreviation

1. Department of Education and Science

DES

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of des¹

< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns

Example Sentences

Crowds squeeze through the Salle des États - the gallery where the Mona Lisa is displayed - leaving each visitor only moments to view the painting and snap a photo.

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For an hour, in the hostile territory of Parc des Princes, Spurs showed enough determination and creation to keep even PSG's "Ultras" populating Virage Auteuil relatively subdued.

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Holders PSG saw off Tottenham in an eight-goal thriller at the Parc des Princes and Kylian Mbappe scored four times in a Champions League match for the first time as Real Madrid beat Olympiacos 4-3.

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The president of the Louvre, Laurence des Cars, has since admitted the museum had failed in its responsibilities, but denied that security had been overlooked - saying that from the time she took office in 2021 she had been warning constantly of the need for more investment.

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The last time she had stopped in to ask him what he had planned for dinner, he clawed at his face and shrieked, “De la soupe à l’air, un soufflé à l’air, un rôti d’air, des tartes pochées à l’air!” which Penelope understood to mean “Air soup, air soufflé, roasted air, and poached air tarts!”

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