PE

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pe"

Translingual

Etymology 1

Clipping of English Peru or Spanish Perú.

Symbol

PE

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Peru.

   Synonym: PER (alpha-3)

Etymology 2

Clipping of English polyethylene or French polyéthylène.

Symbol

PE

2. (ISO 1043-1 code) Polyethylene.

Derived terms

(sense 1):

• HDPE
• HMWPE
• HPPE
• LDPE
• PE-HD
• PEHD
• PELD
• PE-LD
• PEX
• UHDPE
• UHMWPE
• XLPE
• XPE

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: pē′ē′
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand, India) IPA^(key): /ˌpiːˈʔiː/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• (General American, Canada, Scotland) IPA^(key): /ˌpiˈʔi/

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• Hyphenation: PE

Proper noun

PE (usually uncountable, plural PEs)

1. Initialism of Prince Edward Island: a province of Canada.

   Coordinate terms: AB, BC, MB, NB, NL, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT

2. Initialism of Port Elizabeth: a city in South Africa.
3. (software) Initialism of Portable Edition (usually used for a software version).
4. (software) Initialism of Preinstallation Environment.
5. (software) Initialism of Portable Executable (executable file format used by modern versions of Microsoft Windows).
   • 2016, Ryan "elfmaster" O'Neill, Learning Linux Binary Analysis (page 97)

     In ELF executables, there aren't a whole lot of code caves (such as in the PE format), so you are not likely to be able to shove more than just a meager amount of shellcode into existing code slots […]

6. Abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil.
7. Abbreviation of Highland Papua: a province of Indonesia.

Noun

PE (countable and uncountable, plural PEs)

2. (business) Initialism of professional engineer.
4. (education) Initialism of physical education.
6. (education) Initialism of preliminary examination.
8. (electronics) Initialism of protective earthing.
10. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyethylene.
12. (organic chemistry) Initialism of polyether.
14. (medicine) Initialism of pulmonary embolism.
16. (medicine) Initialism of premature ejaculation.
18. (finance) Initialism of private equity.
    • 2019 October 3, “Everything Is Private Equity Now”, in Bloomberg Businessweek‎:

      The PE industry, which runs funds that can invest outside public markets, has trillions of dollars in assets under management.

20. (business, law) Initialism of permanent establishment.

Coordinate terms

(Portable Executable):

• LE
• LX
• MZ
• NE

Derived terms

polyethylene

• HDPE
• HMWPE
• HPPE
• LDPE
• PEF
• PEG
• PEO
• PET
• PETG
• UHDPE
• UHMWPE

polyether

• PC-PE
• PEBA

Related terms

polyethylene

• EG
• MEG

Anagrams

• E&P, EP, ep., ep

French

Etymology

Abbreviation of polyéthylène.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ.lje.ti.lɛn/
• Hyphenation: PE

Noun

PE m (uncountable)

2. PE (“polyethylene”); abbreviation of polyéthylène

Derived terms

(sense 1):

• PE-BD
• PE-HD

Italian

Etymology

Abbreviation of Pescàra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pesˈka.ra/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: PE

Proper noun

PE f

1. abbreviation of Pescàra: a city and province of Abruzzo, Italy, Europe

Portuguese

Etymology

Abbreviation of Pernambuco.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/ [peɦ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /peɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /peʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /peɻ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ko/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pɨɾ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˌpɛʁ.nɐ̃ˈbu.ku/

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: PE

Proper noun

PE m

1. abbreviation of Pernambuco: a state of Brazil, South America

Further reading

• “PE”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “PE”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025