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• pes
  pes

  noun

  a foot or footlike part.
• PES
  PES

  abbreviation

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

pes

American  

[pees, peys] / pis, peɪs /

noun

Anatomy, Zoology.

pedes plural

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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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• pedes
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pes

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

Example Sentences

There are few things more satisfying in life than winning a free-kick in any PES game from the mid-noughties and lining up behind it with Juninho Pernambucano.

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 2020 count tallied 1.64% more non-Hispanic Whites and 2.62% more Asians, according to the PES.

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 payments were made on July 5, about two weeks before PES filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, and while it was in the process of closing its 335,000 barrel-per-day refinery.

From Reuters • Sep. 9, 2019