EPE
French, noun
EPE is spelled E-P-E (3 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written French, the 118,416th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). EPE is a French feminine noun meaning “initialism of effet photoélectrique (“photoelectric effect”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Examen des performances environnementales (évaluation des politiques environnementales des pays par l’ONU)”.
What does EPE mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineinitialism of effet photoélectrique (“photoelectric effect”)
- 2
feminineinitialism of éducation de la petite enfance (“early childhood education”): ECE
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Examen des performances environnementales (évaluation des politiques environnementales des pays par l’ONU).
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of EPE
- EPEs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is EPE in French?
EPE appears about once in every 13 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).