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des

/dɛz/

des noun: desflurane. Also the plural of de.

Noun (1)

des

  1. (colloquial) Desflurane.

Noun (2) capitalized: DES

DES (countable and uncountable, plural DESes or DESs)

  1. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of diethylstilbestrol.
    • DES exposure
    • DES was widely prescribed to pregnant women in the 1950s to prevent premature deliveries (although it was of only questionable benefit in this regard).2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 277
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Dark Energy Survey, (an astronomy project).
  3. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Deep Ecliptic Survey, (an astronomy project).
  4. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Dry Eye Syndrome.
  5. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Diffuse Esophageal Spasm.
  6. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Drug-Eluting Stent.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: DES

DES

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Data Encryption Standard.

Phrase capitalized: DES

DES

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Delivered Ex Ship.

Noun (3) capitalized: DEs

DEs

  1. (plural) plural of DE

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Des

Des

  1. Short form of the male given name Desmond.

Noun (4) capitalized: dEs

dEs

  1. (plural) plural of dE

Also used as

des is also the plural of de.

des meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Telugu and Malayalam

des in Hindi

डेस

des in Urdu

ڈیس

des in Telugu

దేస్

des in Malayalam

ദേസ്
More languagesFewer languages
des in Kannada
ದೇಸ್
des in Gujarati
ડેસ
des in Odia
ଦେସ୍

Forms of des

pluralDESes
pluralDESs

Phrases with des

10 more phrasesFewer phrases

Words that rhyme with des

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about des

What does des mean?
Des means desflurane.
What is des in Hindi?
Des in Hindi is डेस. See Des meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is des?
Des can be a noun, a proper noun or a phrase.
How do you pronounce des?
Des is pronounced /dɛz/.
What is the plural of des?
The plural of des is DESes.

Words near des in the dictionary

  1. Derylaks
  2. Derylove
  3. Derys
  4. Derzhavin
  5. Derzhavinian
  6. des
  7. Des Arc
  8. Des Moines
  9. Des Moines County
  10. Des Moines squash
  11. Des Moines squashes

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: des (page history and authors); DES (page history and authors); DEs (page history and authors); Des (page history and authors); dEs (page history and authors); des (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); des (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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