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• pe
  pe

  noun

  the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
• PE
  PE

  abbreviation

  Prince Edward Island, Canada (approved for postal use).
• p/e
  p/e

  abbreviation

  price-earnings ratio.
• p.e.
  p.e.

  abbreviation

  printer's error.
• P.E.
  P.E.

  abbreviation

  Petroleum Engineer.

pe

¹ American  

[pay] / peɪ /

Or peh

noun

1. the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet.

2. either of the consonant sounds represented by this letter.

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PE ² American  

abbreviation

1. Prince Edward Island, Canada (approved for postal use).

2. Biology, Ecology. possibly extinct.

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p/e ³ American  

Or P/E,

abbreviation

1. price-earnings ratio.

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p.e. ⁴ American  

Or P.E.

abbreviation

1. printer's error.

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P.E. ⁵ American  

abbreviation

1. Petroleum Engineer.

2. physical education.

3. Presiding Elder.

4. Statistics. probable error.

5. Professional Engineer.

6. Protestant Episcopal.

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PE ¹ British  

abbreviation

1. physical education

2. potential energy

3. Presiding Elder

4. (esp in postal addresses) Prince Edward Island (Canadian Province)

5. Also: p.e. printer's error

6. statistics probable error

7. Protestant Episcopal

8. (in South Africa) Port Elizabeth

9. Peru (international car registration)

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pe ² British  

/ peɪ, pe /

noun

1. the 17th letter in the Hebrew alphabet (פ or, at the end of a word, ף) transliterated as p or, when final, ph

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pe ³ British  

abbreviation

1. Peru

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Etymology

Origin of pe

1895–1900; < Hebrew pē, akin to peh mouth

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pe PE p/e p.e. P.E.

Italy was the latest victim of what local media have taken to calling Jagger's "pe frio" — a term describing the bad luck that he brings teams that translates literally as "cold foot."

From US News ● Jun. 25, 2014

Italy was the latest victim of what local media have taken to calling Jagger's "pe frio", a term describing the bad luck that he brings teams.

From The Guardian ● Jun. 24, 2014

At Neah Bay the average was 1.0 fish pe rod, and just over half the catch was coho.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 5, 2010

Some people call us pe dantic; perhaps we are.

From Time Magazine Archive

"And when will we pe account for't?" asked one of the Highlanders.

From Amusing Prose Chap Books by Various

Some think this is so extreme it is a bubble in earnings, the E part of the PE ratio.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 18, 2026

Which may explain the newest addition to the slop lexicon: PE, or private-equity, slop.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

“Hedge funds, PE structures, there’s a significant amount of earnings,” said Dianne Mehany of accounting firm EY, who advises high-net-worth clients.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

She added that the school had scrapped branded PE tops but was selling plain, black PE shirts in its uniform shop after requests from parents.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

I’d scored six points during a basketball scrimmage in PE, and Coach Yang told me that if I kept that up, maybe I could try out for the team.

From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence

On a trailing p/e basis, the benchmark index is at 25.7 times earnings compared with an average of 15 since 1900.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

With two 50% market declines within 16 years, virtually zero interest rates, high p/e multiples...

From New York Times ● Nov. 4, 2016

This was twice the average price-earnings ratio in the market at the time, and over three times the long-run average p/e of the market.

From Economist ● Jun. 26, 2014

GM has a p/e of 6.6, which means it's a slow grower.

From The Guardian ● May 16, 2012

The average p/e ratio for the past 20 years is 20.4.

From BusinessWeek ● Jul. 6, 2010

The kids racing down the linoleum hallway take Spanish, art, p.e. and government here.

From Time Magazine Archive

And so the prospect of watching an eight-hour adaptation of the novel stretched out before me like a five-year semester in which every class was P.E.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026

Coach Ken Osorio walks around campus and visits P.E. classes seeking students to play for the football team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025

To turn around the Van Nuys High football program, coach Ken Osorio started walking around campus, visiting P.E. classes and attending school events looking for students to join his team.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2025

Experience: Before joining McKenna’s staff recently, served variously at Dorsey High School since 1998 as a P.E. and psychology teacher, girls’ basketball head coach, athletic director and dean of students.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2024

"I'll give you the rest of the tour later, Anu. We should head straight to P.E.," says Shanti.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

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