| Share
 

Dictionary


des



Pronunciation: (dā), [key]
—prep.
used in French names as a contraction of de and the article les: François des Adrets.

-des




a plural suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek: proboscides.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

Derwentdesacralize
See also:
  • des (Thesaurus)
  • des (Encyclopedia)

 

Related Content