dès

See also: Appendix:Variations of "des"

French

Etymology

Inherited from Late Latin dē ex.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɛ/

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Preposition

dès

1. since, from
   • Psalm 71:5

     Car tu es mon espérance, Seigneur Éternel! En toi je me confie dès ma jeunesse.

     For you are my hope, Eternal Lord: in you I entrust myself since my youth.

Derived terms

• dès à présent
• dès que

See also

• depuis

Further reading

• “dès”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.