PEM
French, noun\pɛm\
PEM is spelled P-E-M (3 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PEM is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of pôle d'échanges multimodal (“multi-modal exchange point”)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Format X.509 de certificat de chiffrement”.
What does PEM mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of pôle d'échanges multimodal (“multi-modal exchange point”)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Format X.509 de certificat de chiffrement.
noun: 1. Acronyme de « pôle d’échanges multimodal ».
noun: 1. Acronyme de « petit électroménager ».
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.
How do you pronounce PEM?
- \pɛm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is PEM in French?
PEM appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).