pes
noun
a foot or footlike part.
pes
American
[pees, pays]
/ pis, peɪs /
noun
Anatomy, Zoology.
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pedes
plural
pes
1
British
/ piːz, peɪz /
noun
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the technical name for the human foot
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the corresponding part in higher vertebrates
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any footlike part
PES
2
British
abbreviation
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of pes
First recorded in 1835–45, pes is from the Latin word pēs
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In most cases, pes planus does not interfere with everyday life, but it can in severe cases like mine.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2010
Actually, the students knew all about pes and oculus already: they were Latin teachers of many years' standing.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sabin bases his case against the her pes viruses on studies conducted at the National Cancer Institute with Dr. Giulio Tarro of the University of Naples.
From Time Magazine Archive
This represents a Vulgar Lat. *pedo, pedon-, from pes, foot; cf.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
Treatment.—Of all the deformities of the foot, pes equinus is that most easily rectified.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles
In fact, Konami celebrated the PES series' 20th anniversary in 2016 by reintroducing Babangida as a player on the myClub mode.
From BBC ● May 5, 2026
Many PES program contracts last 5 to 20 years, but participant drop out rates have consistently risen over the years.
From Science Daily ● May 15, 2024
The PES does a deep-dive sample survey then matches those records to the actual 2020 count, then examines the differences to make its estimates.
From Washington Times ● Mar. 10, 2022
"I got you scheduled for a PES test at the facility today. I’ll be set up next to cafeteria, thanks," the text read.
From Fox News ● Jan. 20, 2022
The PES refinery eventually shut after a massive explosion in 2019.
From Reuters ● Nov. 11, 2021
Silent became she, and the Angels sangSuddenly, "In te, Domine, speravi:"But beyond "pedes meos" did not pass.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 16, 2010
As the court was just about to open it fell to my lot to take the road back to Rostock per pedes.
From Bartholomew Sastrow Being the Memoirs of a German Burgomaster by Bartholomew Sastrow
Then we went, per pedes apostolorum, to the shooting-box, Father Paphuntius, of course, accompanying us, to feast at the wedding banquet.
From Dr. Dumany's Wife by Mór Jókai
The slab is enclosed in red jasper and guarded by an iron grating, and above it these words of the Psalmist are engraved in the stone, Adorabimus in loco ubi steterunt pedes ejus.
From Castilian Days by John Hay
Mr. Ray has given an excellent characteristic of it when he says, “Rostrum et pedes in hâc aviculâ multò majores sunt quâm pro corporis ratione.”
From The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 1 by Henry Morley
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