PE

pe

(noun) the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

pe

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

Anagrams

• EP, ep, ep.

Proper noun

PE

(geography) Initialism of Prince Edward Island. (A Canadian province)

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

(software) Initialism of Portable Edition. (usually used for a software version)

(software) Initialism of Windows Preinstallation Environment (“Preinstallation Environment”).

(geography) Abbreviation of Pernambuco. (This is a state of Brazil)

Noun

PE (countable and uncountable, plural PEs)

(business) Initialism of Professional Engineer.

(education) Initialism of physical education.

(education) Initialism of preliminary examination (“Preliminary Examination”).

(electronics) Initialism of protective earthing.

(organic compounds) Initialism of polyethylene.

(pathology) Initialism of pulmonary embolism.

(software) Initialism of portable executable (“Portable Executable”).

Anagrams

• EP, ep, ep.

Etymology

Proper noun

Pe

(obsolete, geography) Alternative form of Pi.

Anagrams

• EP, ep, ep.

Source: Wiktionary



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