"des" meaning in French

See des in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Article

IPA: /de/, /de.z‿/, /dɛ/, /dɛ.z‿/ Audio: Fr-des.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-des.wav
Etymology: The use as an article is a special case of the contraction. Head templates: {{head|fr|article|g=m-p|g2=f-p}} des m pl or f pl
  1. plural of un (“some”, the plural indefinite article) Tags: feminine, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: un (extra: “some”, the plural indefinite article)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-article-1d10-0ED Categories (other): French articles Disambiguation of French articles: 19 19 20 20 20 2
  2. plural of une (“some”, the plural indefinite article) Tags: feminine, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: une (extra: “some”, the plural indefinite article)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-article-0j-IprKN Categories (other): French articles, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French articles: 19 19 20 20 20 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 23 22 22 13
  3. plural of du (“some”, the plural partitive article) Tags: feminine, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: du (extra: “some”, the plural partitive article)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-article-X1qCXLwn Categories (other): French articles, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French articles: 19 19 20 20 20 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 23 22 22 13
  4. plural of de la (“some”, the plural partitive article) Tags: feminine, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: de la (extra: “some”, the plural partitive article)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-article-g~abrj-b Categories (other): French articles, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French articles: 19 19 20 20 20 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 23 22 22 13
  5. plural of de l' (“some”, the plural partitive article) Tags: feminine, form-of, masculine, plural Form of: de l' (extra: “some”, the plural partitive article)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-article-qlLw5sjt Categories (other): French articles, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French articles: 19 19 20 20 20 2 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 23 22 22 13
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: et des

Contraction

IPA: /de/, /de.z‿/, /dɛ/, /dɛ.z‿/ Audio: Fr-des.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DSwissK-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-des.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-des.wav
Etymology: The use as an article is a special case of the contraction. Head templates: {{head|fr|contraction}} des
  1. contraction of de + les, literally “of the, from the, some” Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, contraction Alternative form of: de (extra: + les, literally “of the, from the, some”)
    Sense id: en-des-fr-contraction-5X8rM-mV Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 4 16 23 22 22 13

Alternative forms

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    },
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    }
  ],
  "word": "des"
}

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