des
preposition
used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.
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des
1 American
[dey]
/ deɪ /
preposition
DES
2
American
abbreviation
-des
3
American
DES
British
abbreviation
DES
Scientific
/ dē′ē-ĕs′ /
Etymology
Origin of -des
< Greek, nominative plural of d- stem nouns
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Comme des Garçons ended up becoming the thing I really loved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The back-to-back Champions League winners will welcome Barca to Parc des Princes, while they were also handed trips to Villa Park and Manchester in the draw for the league phase.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
What is one to make of Emerson’s journal entry “I feel the centipede in me” after visiting Paris’s Jardin des Plantes in 1833?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
“When you’re carving through the crowd, you feel like Johnny Hallyday at the Parc des Princes,” said Rolland, a stage winner on the Alpe d’Huez in 2011, with a deeply French rock ’n’ roll reference.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
In some cases, he cannot even distinguish what language they are inscribed in, though each has “Le Cirque des Rêves” written carefully along the edge of the paper.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
Brett Bezio, a spokesperson for DES, said the agency is focusing on reducing the state’s error rate to ensure “the program remains a stable resource for vulnerable Arizonans.”
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Last summer, DES also laid off about 500 employees in response to the elimination of federal grants and in anticipation of additional federal cuts.
From Salon ● Apr. 9, 2026
Although DECam was built to support DES, it also collected many images outside the main DES footprint.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 21, 2025
DES MOINES, Iowa — For Democrats in Iowa, this year’s Super Tuesday is a break from five decades of tradition in how the state gets its say in helping determine the presidential nominee.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2024
If the IRS had DAC across its X.25 gateways, it could integrate X9.17 management, DES, MAC and X9.9 could be used throughout.
From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Winn Schwartau
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