des

des

1. (medicine, colloquial) Desflurane.

• EDS, EDs, ESD, Esd., SDE, SED, eds, eds., sed

Contraction of de es

des

1. Contraction of de and es.

Conjugated form of dar

des

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of dar

des (Sette Comuni)

1. nominative singular neuter of dèar
2. accusative singular neuter of dèar

• “des” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

des

1. the

   Jo større den er, des gladere bliver jeg.

   The larger it is, the gladder I shall be.

• jo, desto

• IPA^(key): /dɛs/

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des

1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine and neuter of de (“the”)

• Note that normally only the nominative is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions such as des huizes, des morgens (itself archaic and shortened, like similar expressions, to 's morgens in contemporary Dutch).
• The current pronunciation is a spelling pronunciation. Before the word became archaic, it was pronounced with a schwa, /dəs/.

• 's

des

1. the ... the (used as an intensifier to indicate the degree of an action)

   Des te vaker de mensen Willem de rug toekeren des te beter! ― The more often people turn their back at Willem the better!

From German desto.

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des

1. the; used with ju and either pli (“more”) or malpli (“less”) to form the second half of a coordinated comparative.
   • 1903, Ben Elmy, “La Lingvo de la floroj”, in The Esperantist: The Esperanto Gazette for the Spreading of the International Language, page 138,

     Ju pli ni studas la florojn, des pli ni konstatas, ke multe da ili posedas nesuspektitajn lertecojn, kiujn apud besto ni volonte nomus instinkto aŭ еĉ prudento.

     The more we study the flowers, the more we establish that many of them possess unexpected abilities, which in an animal we would willingly call instinct or even foresight.

   • Ju pli mi lernas, des pli mi scias.

     The more I learn, the more I know.

• ju

Hindi देश (deś).

des

1. country

   India ek prachin des hae.

   India is an old country.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdes/, [ˈde̞s̠]

des

1. (music) D-flat

The use as an article is a special case of the contraction.

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/, /de/

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des m pl or f pl

1. plural of un; some; the plural indefinite article.
2. plural of une; some; the plural indefinite article.
3. plural of du; some; the plural partitive article.
4. plural of de la; some; the plural partitive article.
5. plural of de l'; some; the plural partitive article.

des

1. Contraction of de + les (of the, from the, some).

• “des” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin dē + ex.

• IPA^(key): /des/

des

1. since
2. from (a location)

• des que
• desde

• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
• “des” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.

• IPA^(key): /dəs/ (generally)
• IPA^(key): /dɛs/ (when stressed, which is rare)

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des (definite, genitive singular)

1. the; genitive singular masculine of der
2. the; genitive singular neuter of der

From Portuguese dez. Cognates with Kabuverdianu dés.

des

1. (cardinal) ten (10)

dēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of dō

des

1. inflection of die:
   1. masculine genitive singular
   2. neuter genitive singular

des

1. Alternative form of deis

From Latin dē (“of”) + ex (“out of”).

• IPA^(key): /des̺/

des

1. since (from a time)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 188 (facsimile):

     q̇ mui de coraçon ſenpre a amou des menỹnez

     who loved her very heartily since childhood

• Galician: des

From des + de:

• Fala: desde
• Galician: desde
• Portuguese: desde

Inherited from Latin dēnsus (“dense; frequent”), from Proto-Indo-European *dens- (“thick, dense”). Doublet of dens, a borrowing.

• IPA^(key): /des/

des m or n (feminine singular deasă, masculine plural deși, feminine and neuter plural dese)

1. frequent, often
2. abundant, copious
3. dense, thick

• (frequent): rar

• desiș

• îndesa

• dens

• IPA^(key): /des/, [d̪es]

des

1. plural of de

des

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of dar.
2. Informal second-person singular (tú) negative imperative form of dar.

From English desk.

des

1. desk

• deles (colloquial)
• deses (colloquial)
• dethes (colloquial)
• deuthum (literary)
• dois (colloquial)

• IPA^(key): /deːs/

des

1. (colloquial) first-person singular preterite of dod

des ?

1. (cardinal) ten