Definitions and meaning of pe
pe
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Hebrew פֵּא (pê), from Proto-Semitic *pay- (“mouth”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pe
- The seventeenth letter of many Semitic alphabets/abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew פ, Syriac ܦ, and others; Arabic has the analog faa).
Translations
Further reading
- Pe (letter) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Abinomn
Noun
pe
- pig
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
- From Proto-Albanian *petja, from Proto-Indo-European *petino-, from *pet- (“to spread out, to extend”) (compare English fathom). Alternatively from Latin pannus (“cloth, rag, garment”); cf. Greek πανί (paní).
- From Proto-Albanian *pena-, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)penh₁- (“to draw”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pe m (indefinite plural penj, definite singular peri, definite plural penjtë)
- thread
Derived terms
References
Annobonese
Etymology
From Sãotomense pe (“father”), from Portuguese pai (“father”).
Noun
pe
- father
References
- 2005, John H. McWhorter, Defining Creole
Basque
Pronunciation
Noun
pe inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Declension
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta
Breton
Conjunction
pe
- or
Adjective
pe (interrogative adjective)
- which, what
Catalan
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
- The Hebrew letter פ (final form ף).
Dorig
Pronunciation
Noun
pe
- water
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Faroese
Noun
pe n (genitive singular pes, plural pe)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Declension
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø
Finnish
Etymology 1
Abbreviation of perjantai.
Noun
pe
- Abbreviation of perjantai (“Friday”).
Etymology 2
From Hebrew פֵּא (pê).
Noun
pe
- pe (seventeenth letter of the Hebrew and Phoenician scripts and the Northwest Semitic abjad)
Declension
Guaraní
Determiner
pe
- that (near addressee)
Guinea-Bissau Creole
Etymology 1
From Portuguese pé.
Noun
pe
- foot
Etymology 2
From Portuguese perna.
- leg
Etymology 3
From Portuguese pau.
- tree
Ido
Pronunciation
Noun
pe (plural pe-i)
- The name of the Latin script letter P/p.
See also
- (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze (Category: io:Latin letter names)
Japanese
Romanization
pe
- Rōmaji transcription of ぺ (hiragana)
- Rōmaji transcription of ペ (katakana)
Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
Noun
pé (Javanese script ꦥꦺ)
- ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)
References
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary – *paRiS
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peː/
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe/, [pɛ]
Noun
pē f (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References
- pe in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- pe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), part III: “Summary of the Ancient Evidence”, page 32: "Clearly there is no question or doubt about the names of the vowels A, E, I, O, U. They are simply long A, long E, etc. (ā, ē, ī, ō, ū). Nor is there any uncertainty with respect to the six mutes B, C, D, G, P, T. Their names are bē, cē, dē, gē, pē, tē (each with a long E). Or about H, K, and Q: they are hā, kā, kū—each, again, with a long vowel sound."
Ligurian
Etymology
From Latin per, from Proto-Indo-European *peri, derived from the root *per- (“to go over”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
pe
- for
- to
- through
- in or on
- by
- with
- as
Lote
Conjunction
pe
- and
References
- Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
Contraction of ape, from French après. Compare Haitian Creole ap.
Pronunciation
Verb
pe (medial form pe)
- (auxiliary) Used to indicate present progressive tense or the continuous tense in general.
Related terms
Mezquital Otomi
Noun
pe
- biznaga, barrel cactus.
Middle English
Noun
pe
- Alternative form of po
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin per.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/, (Naples) IPA(key): /pə/
Preposition
pe
- for
Occitan
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- pee (the letter p, P)
Old Occitan
Etymology
From Latin pedem, accusative of pes. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French pié.
Noun
pe m (oblique plural pes, nominative singular pes, nominative plural pe)
- foot (anatomy)
Descendants
Old Tupi
Pronunciation
Postposition
pe
- Used to indicate location, inclusion, or position within spatial limits.
- in, on, to.
References
- NAVARRO, E. A. Dicionário de tupi antigo: a língua indígena clássica do Brasil. São Paulo. Global. 2013.
Pali
Particle
pe
- Abbreviation of peyyāla.
Romanian
Alternative forms
- pă (Muntenia, informal), pi (Moldova), pre (archaic)
Etymology
From Latin per, with meaning influenced by super.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
- Rhymes: -e
Preposition
pe (+accusative)
- on
- (no lexical meaning) used to indicate direct object in some cases
Usage notes
Pe takes the accusative case of nouns and is used as the marker for the direct object when said object is:
- a proper noun; the name of a person or animal
- a common noun referring to a specific person, generally known to both the speaker and listener
- a common noun acting as a metaphor for a person
- a common noun in a construction in which the subject and the direct object are the same noun and they precede the predicate
Pe is not used when the direct object is:
- a common noun designating inanimate objects or animals
- a common noun referring to an unspecified person
Related terms
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Sursilvan) pei
- (Puter, Vallader) pè
Etymology
From Latin pēs, pedem (“foot”), from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds.
Noun
pe m (plural pes or peis)
- (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, anatomy) foot
Usage notes
In Rumantsch Grischun and Sutsilvan, the plural is pes. In Surmiran, however, it is peis.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pe/
- Rhymes: -e
Noun
pe f (plural pes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pe” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tocharian A
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pṓds. Compare the nominative/accusative dual form, peṃ, presumably from Proto-Tocharian *peine du (whence also Tocharian B paine), from an earlier *pei, from the Proto-Indo-European *pódh₁e du, from *pṓds. It is from this dual form in Proto-Tocharian that the singular forms have probably been analogically built. Compare Tocharian B paiyye.
Noun
pe m
- foot
Related terms
References
Turkish
Noun
pe (definite accusative peyi, plural peler)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze
Turkmen
Noun
pe (definite accusative ?, plural ?)
- The name of the Latin-script letter P.
Welsh
Conjunction
pe
- if (used with closed conditions, i.e., those that are counterfactual or considered very unlikely)
- Pe bawn i'n gyfoethog, teithiwn i o gwmpas y byd — If I were rich, I would travel around the world.
See also
- os (used with open conditions)
Zou
Verb
pe
- kick
References
- http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf
Source: wiktionary.org- a Hebrew letter.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)