pe

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[edit] English

[edit] Noun

Singular
pe

Plural
pes

pe (plural pes)

(Confirmation of this inflected form is sought) pes

  1. The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet, ף פ.

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[edit] Breton

[edit] Conjunction

pe

  1. or

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pe (interrogative adjective)

  1. which, what

[edit] Catalan

[edit] Noun

pe f. (plural pes)

  1. The Hebrew letter פ (final form ף).
  2. The Latin letter P (lowercase p).

[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

Abbreviation of perjantai.

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pe

  1. perjantai (Friday)

[edit] Lojban

[edit] Cmavo

pe

  1. Belonging to or being associated with; of.

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[edit] Romanian

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Latin per

[edit] Preposition

pe (+accusative)

  1. on
    cartea este pe masa - The book is on the table.
  2. (no lexical meaning) used to indicate direct object in some cases
    o aştept pe mama - I'm waiting on/for mom.

[edit] 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

[edit] Romansch

[edit] Etymology

From Latin pes.

[edit] Noun

pe

  1. A leg.

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Noun

pe f. (plural pes)

Singular
pe f.

Plural
pes f.

  1. Name of the letter p.

[edit] Welsh

[edit] Conjunction

pe

  1. if
    Pe bawn i'n gyfoethog, teithiwn i o gwmpas y byd — If I were rich, I would travel around the world.