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-es

1
  1. a plural suffix occurring in loanwords from Greek:

    Hyades.



-es

2
  1. variant of -s 2 in verbs ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y: passes; buzzes; pitches; dashes; studies.

-es

3
  1. variant of -s 3 in nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, or post-consonantal y, and in nouns ending in f with v in the plural: losses; fuzzes; riches; ashes; babies; sheaves.

Es

4
Symbol, Chemistry.
  1. einsteinium.

E.S.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Education Specialist.

ES

1

abbreviation for

  1. El Salvador (international car registration)


Es

2

the chemical symbol for

  1. einsteinium

es

3

the internet domain name for

  1. Spain

-es

4

suffix

  1. See -s
    for nouns ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, for some nouns ending in a vowel, and nouns in f with v in the plural, a variant of -s 1

    heroes

    ashes

    calves

  2. See -s
    for verbs ending in ch, s, sh, z, postconsonantal y, or a vowel, a variant of -s 1

    echoes

    preaches

    steadies

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -es1

From the Greek suffix -es

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Example Sentences

The 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania and Nairobi, Kenya by Al-Qaeda killed 224 people.

“Giv[es] even devoted viewers reason to feel cheated,” added Alessandra Stanley at The New York Times.

“Es iz a shandeh,” Yudof said and quickly started to translate.

But Perez held up his hand and stopped him, “Ich darf es ahf kapores.”

Get Involved: The Ocean Road Cancer Institute in Dar es Salam treats patients suffering from albinism.

"Y—es," answered Mr. Carr, his excessive astonishment causing a hesitation.

Scan the line by reading—Glorius virgn', of all-e flur-es flur.

For word Percy printed words, quite forgetting that the M.E. plural is dissyllabic (word-es).

With an English famly this would have been easy: a look at a will at Doctor Commons'es would settle the matter at once.

Es, massa; many tanks to gentleman—very fine name, do very well, sar.

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