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pe

pe

16 9.9
The seventeenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet
  • noun
translation icon : pe
  • At the time of the study, the total number of PE teachers in Gyeongsangnamdo was 608.
  • PE teacher
  • physical education

Examples

  • One purpose of the current study was to examine the prevalence of burnout among Korean PE teacher-athletic directors.

    Academic text (2011)

  • In Hebrew, the letter pe has a unique shape and sound.

  • We played it in PE last year.

    DodgeBall: A True Underdog Story (2004)

  • I am your PE teacher.

    Shakespeare School Year (2018)

  • Did you have PE today?

    Goats (2012)

  • Currently, there are two main requirements to become a PE teacher in Korea.

    Academic text (2011)

  • The canteen is located just below the PE hall.

    Sing Street (2016)

  • He was a guy from my high school PE class.

    Your Friends & Neighbors (1998)

  • I just saw Sandra two days ago in PE.

    Freaky (2020)

  • First, people must have a teacher's certificate before applying for the PE teacher employment examination.

    Academic text (2011)

Compounds

pe-tsai
8.8

A leafy vegetable like cabbage with long white stems used in Asian cooking

Surface Forms

pe singular
pes plural

Etymology

Pe is the name of the Hebrew letter פ and its final form ף. Its name comes from the old Hebrew word pe meaning 'mouth', so a helpful image is a mouth making the 'p' sound and this is why the letter stands for that sound.