spe

See also: SPE, spě, and in spe

Translingual

Symbol

spe

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Sepa (New Guinea).

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Sepa (New Guinea) terms

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈspeː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈspɛː]

Noun

spē f

1. ablative singular of spēs

Swedish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Swedish spe, from Middle Low German spē. Doublet of spy.

Noun

spe n

1. ridicule, derision

Derived terms

• spefull
• spefågel
• spott och spe

References

• spe in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spe in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spe in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• spe in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tocharian B

Adverb

spe

1. nearby