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

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

In pes equinus the foot is in the position of plantar-flexion, and the patient walks on the toes.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

The pes claudus of human retribution must halt at the foot of the mountain, whence the fugitive may insult justice.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846 by Various