pes

Everyday

1. (anatomy, Latin) The foot, or the foot part of an animal's back leg; used by scientists, as in "pes planus" (flat foot). tree →
2. (fragment) Often a piece of a bigger word or a plural of PE written as "PEs" (physical education lessons). tree →
3. In old texts, pes can also be a name for a hound or dog. tree →

In the lessons

Mostly met in science books describing skeletons and animals' feet, or in medical names like "pes planus" (flat feet) and "pes cavus" (high arch). It is Latin, not an everyday English word. In school texts "PEs" may be a typing of PE lessons.

Examples

• In Latin, "pes" means foot. tree →
• Doctors call flat feet "pes planus". tree →
• The dinosaur's pes had three big toes. tree →
• The scientist measured the length of the fossil pes. tree →
• The word "pedal" comes from Latin "pes, pedis", foot. tree →
• Our timetable lists two PEs a week. tree →
• Henceforward shalt thou be a Hound (Pes, or Pyos), an unclean beast. tree →

Note

Latin word: pes (singular), pedes (plural). Pronounced "pays" or "pez". English words from it: pedal, pedestrian, centipede (hundred feet). It is not a normal English word on its own.