v

See also: V and Appendix:Variations of "v"

Translingual

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER V
Unicode block	Basic Latin
Codepoint	U+0076
u ← Basic Latin → w

Etymology 1

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

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter V):  Ṽṽ  Ṿṿ  Ʋʋ  ᶌᶌ  ⱱ  ⱴ  ᴠ  Ｖｖ  Ꜹꜹ  Ꜻꜻ  Ww  Ꝡꝡ
• (select symbols) ʌ ʋ ᵥ
• (other scripts) Cyrillic в (v, “ve”), Greek υ (y, “upsilon”), Hebrew ו (w, “vav”)
• V on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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, .

Alternative forms

• V, Ⅴ, ⅴ

Numeral

v (lower case Roman numeral, upper case V)

1. cardinal number five (5).

See also

• Previous: iv (4)
• Next: vi (6)
• Roman numerals

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

v

1. (physics) velocity
2. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a voiced labiodental fricative (IPA^(key): /v/).

See also

Other representations of V:

NATO phonetic: Victor Morse code: ···– Braille: ⠧ ASL Manual: V

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of V, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur

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English

Etymology

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)

Audio (US)

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Letter

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

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

Abbreviation

v

1. alternative form of v.

Noun

v (plural vs or v's)

1. a shape resembling the letter v

   The impact was so strong, it bent the bar into a v.

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Azeri

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/, IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ve/, IPA^(key): /be/ (spelled ve); IPA^(key): /veˈβaʃə/, IPA^(key): /beˈβaʃə/ (spelled ve baixa)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

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Czech

Pronunciation

• audio

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Preposition

v

1. in (inside, for an enclosed space) (followed by the locative case)

   On je v divadle. -- He is in the theater.

2. at (indicating time) (followed by the accusative case)

   V šest hodin. -- At six o’clock.

3. on (indicating a day) (followed by the accusative case)

   V pátek. -- On Friday.

4. in (indicating a year) (followed by the locative case)

   V roce 2007. -- In the year 2007.

5. in (indicating a month) (followed by the locative case)

   V lednu. -- In January.

Synonyms

• ve

Usage notes

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: u
• Next letter: w

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) bókstavur; Aa, Áá, Bb, Dd, Ðð, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Íí, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Óó, Pp, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Úú, Vv, Yy, Ýý, Ææ, Øø

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French

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:

     Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.

     Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself.

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Italian

Noun

v m, f (invariable)

1. See under V

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u/, /uː/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: x

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Latvian

Wikipedia ^lv

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

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) kēratēḑ; Aa, Āā, Ää, Ǟǟ, Bb, Dd, Ḑḑ, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Ōō, Ȯȯ, Ȱȱ, Õõ, Ȭȭ, Pp, Rr, Ŗŗ, Ss, Šš, Tt, Țț, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž,

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Malay

Letter

v

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz

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Mapudungun

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Mapudungun alphabet.

Usage notes

It is a vowel.

See also

• Previous letter: u
• Next letter: w

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Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

v

1. The 22nd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

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Portuguese

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-second letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called vê and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 141:

     Creio que já tiveram cinco professores nesta matéria.

     I believe you already had five teachers on this subject.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: u
• Next letter: x

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) V

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

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

1. Obsolete form of u.

Preposition

v

1. (Kajkavian) (with locative) in, at

1. (Kajkavian) (with accusative) to, into

1. (Kajkavian) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)

1. (Kajkavian) (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Synonyms

• u, vu, f

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) bukva; Aa, Ââ, Bb, Cc, Čč, Ʒʒ, Ǯǯ, Dd, Đđ, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ǧǧ, Ǥǥ, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ǩǩ, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ŋŋ, Oo, Õõ, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž, Åå, Ää, ˊ

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Slovene

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) V

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

v

1. The 23th letter of the Slovene Latin alphabet (gajica).

Preposition

v

1. (answering question where) (with locative) in, inside, at
2. (answering question where to) (with accusative) to, into
3. (indicating a day) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
4. (indicating a month or period of time) (with locative) in, during

   V tem aprilu je veliko deževalo.

   During this april it was raining a lot.

   V petih letih ni padla niti kapljica dežja.

   In 5 years even a droplet of rain haven't fallen.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter name):
  • (traditional) IPA^(key): [ˈbe̞ˑ] (spelled ve)
  • (common in most countries) IPA^(key): [ˈuˑ.β̞e̞] (spelled uve)
  • (common in some countries) IPA^(key): [ˌbe̞ ˈko̞ɾ.t̪ä] (ve corta), [ˌbe̞ 'β̞äˑ.hä] or [ˌbe̞ 'β̞äˑ.xä] (ve baja), ve pequeña, or [ˌbe̞ 't͡ʃiˑ.kä] (ve chica)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. 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 ['be̞ˑ].

See also

• Previous letter: u
• Next letter: w

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Swedish

Abbreviation

v

1. Left Party; Abbreviation of Vänsterpartiet.

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Turkish

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz