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[vocal pelican]

definite articles: le / la / les
indefinite articles: un / une / des
partitive articles: du / de la / de l' / des

I tend not to think of the partitive article "des" as a contraction of "de + les" because its use is distinct from the combination of the preposition de and the definite article