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Des

Des

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

English

Proper noun

Des

  1. Short form of the male given name Desmond.

Anagrams


German

Noun

Des

  1. (music) D-flat

des

des

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

Catalan

Contraction

des

  1. Contraction of de and es.

Etymology 2

Conjugated form of dar

Verb

des

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive form of dar

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛs/

Article

des (genitive definite)

  1. (archaic) genitive singular masculine of de; of the
  2. (archaic) genitive singular neuter of het; of the

Usage notes

Note that normally only the nominative is used. The other forms are archaic, but survive in numerous idiomatic expressions

Inflection

Dutch definite article
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative de de het de
Genitive des der des der
Dative den der den den
Accusative den de het de

Synonyms

Conjunction

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!

Esperanto

Etymology

From German desto, Swedish desto.

Particle

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 au 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.”

See also


Fiji Hindi

Etymology

Hindi देश (deś).

Noun

des

  1. country
    India ek prachin des hae.
    India is an old country.

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdes/

Noun

des

  1. (music) D-flat

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dɛ/, /de/

Etymology

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

Article

des m pl, 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.

Contraction

des

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

German

Pronunciation

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

Article

des (definite, genitive singular)

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

Declension

German definite articles
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative der die das die
Genitive des der des der
Dative dem der dem den
Accusative den die das die

Latin

Verb

dēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of

Lojban

Rafsi

des

  1. rafsi of desku.

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin (of) + ēx (out of).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des̺/

Preposition

des

  1. since (from a time)

Descendants

From des + de:


Romanian

Etymology

From Latin dēnsus (dense; frequent). Doublet of dens.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /des/

Adjective

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

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

Declension

Antonyms

  • (frequent): rar

Derived terms

Related terms

See also


Spanish

Verb

des

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

Welsh

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /deːs/

Verb

des

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

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
des ddes nes unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Zazaki

Numeral

des ?

  1. (cardinal) ten