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

Although DECam was built to support DES, it also collected many images outside the main DES footprint.

From Science Daily

In a new set of papers in the Open Journal of Astrophysics, UChicago astrophysicists used those additional observations and nearly doubled the number of galaxies with measured shapes by adding data from thousands of square degrees beyond the DES region.

From Science Daily

She won Ladies' Cups and as navigator to husband Ian they won the Coupe des Alpes three times in the tough Alpine Rally.

From BBC

In addition to the Champions League, Donnarumma helped PSG win Ligue 1, Coupe de France and the Trophee des Champions titles during the 2024-25 season.

From BBC

There was a Boulevard des États-Unis and a Boulevard Kennedy.

From The Wall Street Journal