pe

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pe"

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English

Alternative forms

• pei, pey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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  • Rhymes: -eɪ

Etymology 1

From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”). Doublet of pi.

Noun

pe

1. The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).

Translations

Semitic letter

Catalan: pe (ca) f Finnish: pe (fi) French: pé (fr) m, pe (fr) m Hebrew: פֵּא (he) (pê) Malay: pa (ms) Spanish: pei (es) Swedish: pe (sv) Yiddish: פּא m or f (pey)

See also

• Appendix:Hebrew alphabet

Further reading

• Pe (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 2

Noun

pe (plural pes)

1. The name of the Cyrillic script letter П / п.

Anagrams

• E&P, EP, ep., ep

Abinomn

Noun

pe

1. pig

Ainu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pe̞]

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• (apocopic suffixing form) -p

Noun

pe (Kana spelling ペ)

1. (only in compounds) thing, article

   arawan ― seven

   arawanpe ― seven things

   wen ― bad

   wenpe ― bad thing

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• pehe

Noun

pe (Kana spelling ペ)

1. water, especially in reference to a water body
2. liquid
3. juice

Derived terms

• pet (“river”)

See also

• wakka (“drinkable water”)