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pe

/pe/
/pe̞/
/pə/
/pi/
/pɪ/

Rhymes with -e

Where it comes from

From earlier pre, from Latin per, with meaning influenced by super. /r/ regularly metathesized after /pe/ and /te/ during Proto-Romanian, as seen in words like frate, but it was later dropped in rapid speech due to plosive-liquid cluster simplification prevalent in colloquial Romanian. That might also be why frate, likely having been inherited from the accusative fratrem, doesn't feature a /r/ in the second cluster while the first cluster does, although it might also be due to dissimilation from the preceding /r/.

preposition пе · pă · pi · pre · p

on cartea este pe masă
on (some time during the day of) A plecat spre Europa acum o săptămână, mai exact, pe zece mai.
on (a website) pe Twitter
used to indicate direct object in some cases O aștept pe mama.
through an opening a îi ieși (cuiva) pe gură
with spatial prepositions or adverbs approximately, thereabouts L-am văzut prima oară pe undeva pe aici.

In English

on positioned at the upper surface of
by (indicates an oath) with the authority of
each apiece

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"pe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ro/pe. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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pe. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pe

Chicago

"pe." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pe.

BibTeX

@misc{pe_2026,
  title = {pe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ro/pe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}