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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

My mother wound up spelling it with two e’s.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Morgan Stanley highlighted Ford Energy as a key driver for Model e’s profitability, potentially boosting investor interest.

From Barron's • May 13, 2026

They need three rules just to handle the e’s in eleven.

From Scientific American • Sep. 26, 2023

“Make the bracelet you really want to make first before you run out of letters. As you run out of letters, make lists of songs that don’t have e’s in them,” Ragland advised.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 1, 2023

The note was written in a masculine, rather nineteenth-century hand, with Greek e’s.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt