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aes

/ˈeɪz/

aes is the plural of a.

Meaning of a

Noun (1)

a (plural a's or (rare) aes)

  1. The name of the Latin script letter A/a.
    • This piece somewhat resembles an a. On the left is a man seated on the ground, with a dog between his legs, and a large bird of prey in his hands, which appears to be biting his head.1816, William Young Ottley, An Inquiry Into the Origin and Early History of Engraving […], volume II, London: […] John and Arthur Arch, […] by J. M'Creery, page 621

Noun (2)

a

  1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter А/а.

Noun (3)

a

  1. (informal) The fourth semiquaver (sixteenth note) of a beat.
    • The pianist played a C on the a of four.

See all 61 meanings of a

Proper noun capitalized: AES

AES

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Advanced Encryption Standard.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Austrian Election Study.
    • I use data from several recent academic national surveys: the 2013 Austrian Election Study (AES), British Election Study Panel Survey (BES) conducted in January 2014 (from which I include respondents living in England), and the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) wave conducted in May 2013.(Can we date this quote?), Erik R. Tillman, “Authoritarianism and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties”, in DePaul University, page 8

Noun (1) capitalized: AES

AES (uncountable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, spectroscopy) Initialism of Auger electron spectroscopy.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism, spectroscopy) Initialism of atomic emission spectroscopy.
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of actually existing socialism, see Wikipedia.

Adjective capitalized: AES

AES (not comparable)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of actually existing socialist, see Wikipedia.
    • AES countries ― Cuba, China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Laos

Noun (2) capitalized: Aes

Aes

  1. Alternative letter-case form of aes.

Questions about aes

What is aes the plural of?
Aes is the plural of a.
What part of speech is aes?
Aes can be a proper noun, a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce aes?
Aes is pronounced /ˈeɪz/.

Words near aes in the dictionary

  1. aerugite
  2. aerugites
  3. aerugo
  4. aery
  5. Aeryn
  6. aes
  7. AESA
  8. Aesacus
  9. Aesah
  10. AESAs
  11. aesc

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: aes (page history and authors); AES (page history and authors); Aes (page history and authors); a (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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