pes

American  

[pees, peys] / pis, peɪs /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

plural

pedes

1. a foot or footlike part.

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pes ¹ British  

/ piːz, peɪz /

noun

1. the technical name for the human foot

2. the corresponding part in higher vertebrates

3. any footlike part

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PES ² British  

abbreviation

1. Party of European Socialists: the Socialist, Democratic, and Labour parties of the European Union, founded in 1992

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Etymology

Origin of pes

First recorded in 1835–45, pes is from the Latin word pēs

Example Sentences

Originally planning to be a surgeon or obstetrician-gynecologist, she chose pediatrics after her spouse pointed out that she never wanted to come home from the hospital when she was on rotation in the “pedes” unit.

From Washington Times

Of course, reconstructing the dinosaur’s pes needs to go beyond bones.

From Scientific American

The second stage in his progress would be marked by his being allowed to take the gentlemen’s dash, consisting of two pes of cloth, value 2s. 6d. each.

From Project Gutenberg

With the aid of a copying apparatus he set up and printed several numbers of a paper called, first Les Gu�pes, and later Le Sourire.

From Project Gutenberg

Pestle, pes′l, or pest′l, n. an instrument for pounding anything in a mortar.—v.t. and v.i. to pound with a pestle: to use a pestle.

From Project Gutenberg