Meanings
aes1
- pluralrareplural of a, the name of the letter A.
Mouthing out his hollow oes and aes, Deep-chested music.
1842, Alfred Tennyson, The Epic1 more example
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.
1856, Goold Brown, The First Lines of English Grammar, page 10
AES2
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Advanced Encryption Standard.
- abbreviationinitialismInitialism 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.
(Can we date this quote?), Erik R. Tillman, “Authoritarianism and Support for Populist Radical Right Parties”, in DePaul University, page 8
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablespectroscopyInitialism of Auger electron spectroscopy.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablespectroscopyInitialism of atomic emission spectroscopy.
- abbreviationinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of actually existing socialism, see Wikipedia.
- abbreviationinitialismnot comparablegovernmentInitialism of actually existing socialist, see Wikipedia.
AES countries ― Cuba, China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Laos
Aes3
- Alternative letter-case form of aes.
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aes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aes
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