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pe

1
or peh

[ pey ]

noun

  1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
  2. either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.


PE

2

abbreviation for

  1. Prince Edward Island, Canada (approved for postal use).
  2. Biology, Ecology. possibly extinct ( def ).

p/e

3
or P/E, PE, P-E, p-e

abbreviation for

p.e.

4
or P.E.

abbreviation for

P.E.

5

abbreviation for

  1. Petroleum Engineer.
  2. physical education.
  3. Presiding Elder.
  4. Statistics. probable error.
  5. Professional Engineer.
  6. Protestant Episcopal.

pe

1

the internet domain name for

  1. Peru


pe

2

/ peɪ; pe /

noun

  1. the 17th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (פ or, at the end of a word, ף) transliterated as p or, when final, ph

PE

3

abbreviation for

  1. physical education
  2. potential energy
  3. Presiding Elder
  4. (esp in postal addresses) Prince Edward Island (Canadian Province)
  5. Alsop.e printer's error
  6. statistics probable error
  7. Protestant Episcopal
  8. (in South Africa) Port Elizabeth
  9. Peru (international car registration)

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pe1

1895–1900; < Hebrew pē, akin to peh mouth

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pe1

from Hebrew peh mouth

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Example Sentences

This is basically what I've said, folks: Being a p-e guy is fine, if that's what you want to be.

By comparison, LinkedIn finished its first day on the stock market with a P/E ratio of 554.

All the men, save for the one at the podium (P-E Obama) and the man to his left, stood with appropriate rigidity.

"'You a-p-p-e-a-r-e-d—'" Mark stuck fast on the word that had floored Matthew, and helplessly shook his head.

"P—o—p—e, Pope," she spelt out of her infants' primer in Brum's hearing.

The other head, under "S P E," has curled hair and a short curled beard, the whole surrounded with a circle of raised spots.

Her amour with the yellow dwarf of G—vs—r P—e is too good to be lost.

Drawing a low chair to his mother's side, he opened his book, and began to slowly spell the first word, "A-P-E."

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