pes

See also: PES, PEs, and pěś

English

Noun

pes (plural pedes)

1. the foot of a human
2. the hoof of a quadruped
3. clubfoot or talipes

Anagrams

• EPS, EPs, ESP, esp, Sep, Sep., sep, SPE

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin pensum.

Noun

pes m (plural pesos)

1. weight

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Cornish

Alternative forms

• pys

Noun

pes f (singulative pesen)

1. (Revived Late Cornish) peas

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Czech

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

A dog (a Labrador)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs/

• audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛs

Noun

pes m, animate

1. (mammals) dog
2. scoundrel, bad person

Declension

    declension of pes

	singular	plural
nominative	pes	psi, psové
genitive	psa	psů
dative	psu, psovi	psům
accusative	psa	psy
vocative	pse	psi, psové
locative	psu, psovi	psech
instrumental	psem	psy

Derived terms

• hlídací pes
• honicí pes
• pejsek
• pejsánek

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Latin

Etymology

pēs hūmānus (human foot)

pēs equī (foot of a horse)

From Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Cognates include Sanskrit पद् (pád), Ancient Greek πούς (pous) and Old English fōt (English foot).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /peːs/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

pēs m (genitive pedis); third declension

1. a foot, of a human or animal

   Ne manus, nec pedes, nec alia membra.

   Not the hands, not the feet, and not the other limbs.

2. foot of a table or stool
3. base of a mountain
4. ground, soil, territory
5. (nautical) rope attached to a sail for setting it
6. (botany) the pedicel or stalk of a fruit
7. (poetry) metrical foot
8. (music) time
9. a measure of length

Inflection

Third declension.

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	pēs	pedēs
genitive	pedis	pedum
dative	pedī	pedibus
accusative	pedem	pedēs
ablative	pede	pedibus
vocative	pēs	pedēs

Derived terms

• a pedibus usque ad caput (from head to foot, all over)
• alterno pede terram quatere
• celeripēs
• mollipēs
• pede tellūrem pulsō
• pedem effero (to step or go out)

• pedem fero (to go or come)
• pedem refero
• pedes navales
• quadrupēs
• si in fundo pedem posuisses (to set foot)
• stapēs

Related terms

peda pedālis pedāneus pedārius pedātim pedātūra

pedātus pedeplāna pedēs pedester pedetemptim

pedica pedicinus pedīculus pedisequus peditātus

peditō pedō pedocucullus pedūlis pedūle

Descendants

Aragonese: piet Aromanian: pezã Asturian: pie Catalan: peu Dalmatian: pi Esperanto: piedo French: pied

Friulian: pît Galician: pé Ido: pedo Interlingua: pede Istriot: peîe, pèie Italian: piede Occitan: pè

Old Portuguese: pee Portuguese: pé Romanian: piez Romansch: pe Sardinian: pee, pei Sicilian: pedi Spanish: pie

References

• “pes” in Lewis & Short’s Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers, Oxford: Clarendon Press (1879)

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Lojban

Rafsi

pes

1. rafsi of pensi.

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin pax.

Noun

pes f (oblique plural pes, nominative singular pes, nominative plural pes)

1. peace
   • circa 1250, Marie de France, Guigemar

     Va t'en de ci ! Lai me aveir pes.

     Go, leave me! Let me have peace.

Descendants

• English: peace

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛs/

Noun

pes m

1. (Kajkavian) dog

Synonyms

• pas

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Slovak

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Noun

pes m (genitive singular psa)

1. dog

Declension

    declension of pes

	singular	plural
nominative	pes	psi, psy
genitive	psa	psov
dative	psovi, psu	psom
accusative	psa, pes	psov, psy
locative	(o) psovi, psi	(o) psoch
instrumental	psom	psami

Derived terms

• psí
• psíček
• psík
• psisko

Usage notes

Declension pattern dub if you are referring to dogs in general or chlap if you are referring to them as pets (that is you think of them as persons).

External links

• pes in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

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Slovene

Velik bel pes - A large white dog

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *pьsъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpə́s/
• Tonal: pə̏s

Noun

pès m anim (genitive psà, nominative plural psì, feminine psíca)

1. dog

   Imamo tri pse.

   We have three dogs.

   Na sprehod grem s svojim psom.

   I'm going on a walk with my dog.

Declension

Declension of pes (masculine anim., hard)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	pes	psa	psi
accusative	psa	psa	pse
genitive	psa	psov	psov
dative	psu	psoma	psom
locative	psu	psih	psih
instrumental	psom	psoma	psi

Synonyms

• kúža

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Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English face.

Noun

pes

1. (anatomy) face
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:19 (translation here):

     Na bai yu wok hat tru long kisim kaikai bilong yu na tuhat bai i kamap long pes bilong yu. Na bai yu hatwok oltaim inap yu dai na yu go bek long graun. Long wanem, mi bin wokim yu long graun, na bai yu go bek gen long graun.”

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English face.

Noun

pes

1. face

Etymology 2

Noun

pes

1. (eastern dialect) a ripe coconut

Usage notes

Pes is the fifth stage of coconut growth. It is preceded by kopespes and followed by u.