PE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pe mean? 

• PE (noun)
  The noun PE has 1 sense:

1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

  Familiarity information: PE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("pe" is a kind of...):

alphabetic character; letter; letter of the alphabet (the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech)

Holonyms ("pe" is a part of...):

Hebraic alphabet; Hebrew alphabet; Hebrew script (a Semitic alphabet used since the 5th century BC for writing the Hebrew language (and later for writing Yiddish and Ladino))

 Context examples 

"Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!" she said, standing on her left foot.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

Then she stood upon her left foot and said slowly: Ep-pe, pep-pe, kak-ke!

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)