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v

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English Online Dictionary. What means v‎? What does v mean?

Translingual

Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V), from Ancient Greek letter Υ (Y, “Upsilon”).

Letter

v (upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Etymology 2

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIIIΛ or IIIIV (representing 5), from tally stick markings resembling \\\\⋁ or ////⋀, from the practice of designating each fifth notch with a double cut, like the corresponding Western tally mark, 𝍸.

Alternative forms

V, Ⅴ, ⅴ

Numeral

v (lower case Roman numeral, upper case V)

cardinal number five (5).

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Symbol

(physics) velocity
(IPA) a voiced labiodental fricative.
(superscript ⟨ᵛ⟩, IPA) [v]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [bᵛ], sometimes implying an affricate [b͜v]); [v]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [v].
(UPA) a voiced labiodental approximant (IPA [ʋ], which it resembles in italic typeface).

Gallery

Letter styles

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u and respelling of Old English f between vowels and voiced consonants.

Old English lower case f from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “feoh”), derived from Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v).
Old English lower case u from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case v of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /viː/ (spelled vee)
- Rhymes: -iː

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V, plural vs or v's)

The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.

Noun

v (plural vs or v's)

a shape resembling the letter v

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of versus.

Preposition

(UK, Ireland and Commonwealth except Canada) Abbreviation of versus.
Synonyms: v., vs.

England v Scotland

Usage notes

In legal contexts, usage is typically restricted to case citations, and the pronunciation may be as versus, vee, against, or and, depending on the region and nature of the case.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of very.

Adverb

(informal, text messaging) Abbreviation of very.

Etymology 4

Abbreviations.

(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of of.
(Stenoscript) Abbreviation of very.
(Stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable -tive or -ive

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

The thirtieth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ube/, [u.β̞e̞]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-third letter of the Basque alphabet, called uve and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbe], [ˈbe ˈβa.ʃə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈve], [ˈve ˈba.ʃə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve], [ˈve ˈbaj.ʃa]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Catalan alphabet, called ve or ve baixa and written in the Latin script.

Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech v, ve, from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v/

Preposition

in (inside, for an enclosed space) [with locative]
On je v divadle. ― He is in the theater.
at (indicating time) [with accusative]
v šest hodin ― at six o'clock
on (indicating a day) [with accusative]
v pátek ― on Friday
in (indicating a year) [with locative]
v roce 2007 ― in the year 2007
in (indicating a month) [with locative]
v lednu ― in January
in (used after certain verbs) [with accusative]
věřit v Boha ― to believe in God

Usage notes

The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -eː
(letter name): IPA^(key): /veː/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

the twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet

Esperanto

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/; before a voiceless consonant, IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called vo and written in the Latin script.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The twenty-fifth letter of the Faroese alphabet, called ve and written in the Latin script.

Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and v for information on the development of the glyph itself.

Pronunciation

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Finnish alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Noun

Abbreviation of vuosi.
Abbreviation of -vuotias.

French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

the twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet

Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈv]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈveː]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The thirty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called vé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /vafː/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Ido

Pronunciation

(context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v/
(letter name) IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Italian

Letter

v f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case V)

The twentieth letter of the Italian alphabet, called vu or vi and written in the Latin script.

Japanese

Punctuation mark

(text messaging, Internet slang, dated) <3

Synonyms

References

https://www.wdic.org/w/WDIC/v

Kankanaey

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog v. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English v.

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /vi/ [vi̞]
- IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bi/ [bi̞]
- Rhymes: -i
(phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/ [v]
- IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /b/ [b]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called vi and written in the Latin script.

References

Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[4] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Khoekhoe

Letter

v (upper case V)

(obsolete, Tindall orthography) A letter of the Khoekhoe alphabet; modern ǂ.

Latin

Alternative forms

u (post-Classical)

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u/, /uː/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

(sometimes with littera) The 20th letter of the Latin alphabet.

References

"v", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“v”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Latvian

Etymology

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [v]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The thirty-first letter of the Latvian alphabet, called vē and written in the Latin script.

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The thirty-seventh letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Malay

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v/
IPA^(key): /f/ (by final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)
With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Mandarin

Letter

Nonstandard form of ü.

Usage notes

⟨v⟩ is sometimes used as a substitute for ⟨ü⟩ in Hanyu Pinyin-based input systems. As a result, it occasionally appears in print as well, though this is nonstandard.

Mapudungun

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Mapudungun alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Middle French

Etymology

Latin u, v.

Letter

u (letter)
v (letter)

Usage notes

u and v were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

North Frisian

Pronunciation

Like w, which see.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

(chiefly Sylt) A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Sylt Frisian regularly replaces ⟨w⟩ with ⟨v⟩ word-finally after a long or unstressed vowel.
Otherwise ⟨v⟩ may be retained in Latinate words, but the usual practice in all dialects (including Sylt) is to use ⟨w⟩ like in native words (e.g. witamiin for less common vitamiin).

Norwegian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/, /f/

Letter

The 22nd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-sixth letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Old Czech

Alternative forms

u (often before labial consonants)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n) , from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥.

Preposition

in (inside, for an enclosed space) (followed by the locative case)
in (used after certain verbs) (followed by the accusative case)
vyjěti v boj ― go into battle

Descendants

Czech: v

Portuguese

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called vê and written in the Latin script.

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

(International Standard) The twenty-ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
(Pan-Vlax) The thirtieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ve or vî and written in the Latin script.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

V (uppercase)

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

The 28th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by u and followed by z.
Obsolete form of u.

Preposition

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

(Kajkavian) in, at [with locative]
(Kajkavian) to, into [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) in, during (in expressions concerning time) [with locative]

Synonyms

u, vu, f

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

The thirty-second letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Slovak

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [f]

Preposition

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Slovene

Etymology 1

Letter

The twenty-third letter of the Slovene alphabet, called ve and written in the Latin script.
The thirty-first letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
The twenty-fourth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Alternative forms

(uppercase) V

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Preposition

(answering question where) (with locative) in, inside, at
(answering question where to) (with accusative) to, into
(indicating a day) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
(indicating a month or period of time) (with locative) in, during
V tem aprilu je veliko deževalo. ― This April it was raining a lot.

V petih letih ni padla niti kapljica dežja. ― Within five years not even a droplet of rain has fallen.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (phoneme) /b/
IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈbe/ [ˈbe] (traditional, spelled ve), /ˈube/ [ˈu.β̞e] (common in most countries, spelled uve)
- Rhymes: -e, -ube
(common in some countries)
- IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈkoɾta/ [ˌbe ˈkoɾ.t̪a] (spelled ve corta)
- IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈbaxa/ [ˌbe ˈβ̞a.xa] (spelled ve baja)
- IPA^(key): /ˌbe peˈkeɲa/ [ˌbe peˈke.ɲa] (spelled ve pequeña)
- IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈt͡ʃika/ [ˌbe ˈt͡ʃi.ka] (spelled ve chica)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

the twenty-third (23rd) letter of the Spanish alphabet

Usage notes

The common letter names, as well as phrases like ve de vaca are used to distinguish the letter v from the letter b. This is done because the two letters represent a single phoneme in modern Spanish, causing their traditional names be and ve both to be pronounced as /ˈbe/.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish v. Each pronunciation has a different source:

Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English v.
Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish v.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /ˈvi/ [ˈvi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbi/ [ˈbi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  - Rhymes: -i
- IPA^(key): /ˈve/ [ˈvɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
  - IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbe/ [ˈbɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
  - Rhymes: -e
- IPA^(key): /v/ [v] (phoneme)
  - IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /b/ [b̚] (phoneme)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called vi and written in the Latin script.
(historical) The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ve and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
Some purists of Tagalog replace v in words with b.

Turkish

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called ve and written in the Latin script.

Vietnamese

Pronunciation 1

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vəː˨˩]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vəː˦˩]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vəː˨˩] ~ [jəː˨˩]
Phonetic spelling: vờ

Pronunciation 2

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ve˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vej˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vej˧˧] ~ [jej˧˧]
Phonetic spelling: vê

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French v.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-fourth letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called vờ or vê and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Adverb

(slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of vậy.

Particle

(slang, Internet, text messaging) Abbreviation of vậy.

Yele

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /β/

Letter

v (upper case V)

A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Derived terms

There is a digraph for palatalized ⟨vy⟩.

Zulu

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

The twenty-second letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Translingual

Etymology 1

Letter

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Etymology 2

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Numeral

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Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Symbol

Gallery

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

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Noun

Etymology 2

Preposition

Usage notes

Etymology 3

Adverb

Etymology 4

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

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Czech

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

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Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Letter

Derived terms

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Noun

French

Pronunciation

Letter

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Letter

Declension

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Letter

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