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# des

article and preposition (French «des» = some / of the); name (Des, short for Desmond) — not an English word

«des» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. (French) «Des» means «some» before a plural noun: «des pommes» is «some apples». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#m1)
2. (French) «Des» also means «of the» or «from the» for plural things: «la maison des enfants» is «the children's house». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#m2)
3. (a name) Des is a short form of the man's name Desmond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#m3)
4. To an English ear French «des» sounds like «day». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#m4)
5. In old Southern speech, des means just or simply. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#m5)

### In the lessons

In French lessons «des» is learnt with «du» and «de la» (some): «je voudrais des frites» (I would like some chips). It appears in French place names and phrases English borrows: «Champs-Élysées», «Jardin des Plantes». In Ireland and the UK «Des» is a familiar nickname. Also «des res» (UK, informal, jokey) means a «desirable residence», a nice house.

### Examples

- In French, «j'ai des bonbons» means «I have some sweets». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x1)
- «Le jardin des plantes» means «the garden of the plants». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x2)
- «Des» sounds like «day» in French. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x3)
- My uncle Des runs the corner shop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x4)
- In French, «un chat» is «a cat», and «des chats» is «some cats». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x5)
- Mum joked that the new house was a real «des res». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x6)
- Hit's des like I tell you. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/#x7)

### Note

As a word, French, not English; the «s» is silent unless the next word starts with a vowel («des amis» sounds like «day-zah-mee»). In English «des-» at the start of a word is a prefix, as in «describe». As a name it takes a capital: «Des».

## In Jewish tradition

In French lessons «des» is learnt with «du» and «de la» (some): «je voudrais des frites» (I would like some chips). It appears in French place names and phrases English borrows: «Champs-Élysées», «Jardin des Plantes». In Ireland and the UK «Des» is a familiar nickname. Also «des res» (UK, informal, jokey) means a «desirable residence», a nice house.

### Examples

- Author of the "Guide for Rational Inquiries into the Biblical Scriptures," "Toms des Morgenlandes," Translator of "Nathan the Wise" from the German, etc., etc., etc. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/des/#x1)
- Dr. Steinshneider (see Magazin fuer Literatur des Auslandes, 1845) and Dr. Cassel (in his commentary to the book entitled Kusari,) maintain that the ancient Jewish (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/des/#x2)

### Note

As a word, French, not English; the «s» is silent unless the next word starts with a vowel («des amis» sounds like «day-zah-mee»). In English «des-» at the start of a word is a prefix, as in «describe». As a name it takes a capital: «Des».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «des» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/des/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«des» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/des.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «des» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/D/des/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«des» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/des.html) on Mova free.