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des

preposition

used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
DES

DES

abbreviation

diethylstilbestrol.
-des

-des

a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek.

des

¹ American

[dey] / deɪ /

preposition

used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.

DES ² American

abbreviation

diethylstilbestrol.

-des ³ American

a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek.

proboscides.

DES British

abbreviation

Department of Education and Science

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DES Scientific

/ dē′ē-ĕs′ /

Short for diethylstilbestrol. A synthetic nonsteroidal substance having estrogenic properties and prescribed between 1938 and 1971 to pregnant women with a history of miscarriage and other problems of pregnancy. It is no longer used due to the incidence of certain vaginal cancers and other disorders in the daughters of women so treated.

Etymology

Origin of -des

< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns

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If Sinner does lift the Coupe des Mousquetaires on 7 June, it will leave him only an Olympics gold medal away from completing the full house of the sport's biggest individual prizes.

From BBC • May 17, 2026

More than 5,000 police were deployed in Paris ahead of last season's final, which was also in Munich, and PSG's Parc des Princes stadium was turned into a fan zone.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

Called Market Market: Message Market, the sale will feature past season Comme des Garçons collections and Dover Street Market favorites with discounts of up to 70% off.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Go to the Marché des Enfants Rouges in the 3rd arrondissement in Paris for fresh oysters and a cheese plate, or to the Marché des Carmes in Toulouse for some lamb chops and fried scallops.

From Barron's • Mar. 8, 2026

We came out of the Tuileries into the light and crossed the Seine and then turned up the Rue des Saints Pères.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

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