aes

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈeɪz/

Definition of aes

7 senses · 2 parts of speech

noun

(form-of, plural, rare)plural of a, the name of the letter A.

“Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.”
“These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.”

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noun

(form-of, plural, rare)plural of a, the name of the letter A.

“Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.”
“These names […] may form regular plurals; thus, Aes, Bees, Cees, Dees, Ees, Effs, Gees, Aitches, Ies, Jays, Kays, Ells, Ems, Ens, Oes, Pees, Kues, Ars, Esses, Tees, Ues, Vees, Double-ues, Exes, Wies, Zees.”
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of Auger electron spectroscopy.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of atomic emission spectroscopy.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of actually existing socialism.
(alt-of)Alternative letter-case form of aes.

name

(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Advanced Encryption Standard.
(abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Austrian Election Study.

“I use data from several recent academic national surveys: the 2013 Austrian Election Study (AES), British Election Study Panel Survey (BES) conducted in January 2014 (from which I include respondents living in England), and the German Longitudinal Election Study (GLES) wave conducted in May 2013.”

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