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des
1[ dey ]
preposition
- used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
DES
2abbreviation for
-des
3- a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek:
proboscides.
DES
abbreviation for
- Department of Education and Science
DES
/ 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.
Word History and Origins
Origin of des1
Example Sentences
“Palmyra, Krac des Chevaliers, Afamia, the Umayyad Mosque—I took them everywhere,” he said, speaking to me in English.
That candidate, Joni Ernst, did herself no favors yesterday by blowing off the editorial board of The Des Moines Register.
The stories are told through the eyes of two fishing guides, Crunch and Des, with a spare grace and humor that stand strong.
The Des Moines women called their Senate contest “ugly,” the kind of race where you vote for the lesser of two evils.
As a result, Rue des Rosiers houses only a few kosher shops and kitschy delis, mostly dedicated to vistors rather than locals.
L'Occision des chiens est accoste de la tabagie et de ce qui suyt la tabagie, du chant et des danses.
L'adieu et le deuil se clost par l'occision des chiens ce que le mourant ait des avants-coureurs en l'autre monde.
Il prenoit des symptomes si mortels, que souvent nous n'attendions sinon qu'il nous demeurast entre les mains.
By bad luck d'Amade was away, up in the front trenches, and I could not well deliver myself to des Coigns.
Car les Angloys s'en veulent dire maistres, et sur ce ils produysoyent des lettres de leur Roy, mais ce que nous croyons fausses.
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