V sign

See also: V-sign

English

Alternative forms

• V-sign

Noun

V sign (plural V signs)

1. A sign of victory or peace made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm outwards.
2. (chiefly British, Ireland, Commonwealth) A gesture of contempt or insult made by raising the index and middle fingers with the palm inwards; apocryphally originated by English bowmen at Agincourt (in actuality attested only from 1901).

Synonyms

• (victory or peace): peace sign
• (contempt): Harvey Smith sign, Harvey Smith salute

Translations

sign of victory

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: yeah (je¹) (Hong Kong Cantonese)

• Finnish: voitonmerkki (fi)
• French: signe V (fr) m
• German: Victory-Zeichen (de) n, V-Zeichen (de) n
• Greek: σήμα της ειρήνης n (síma tis eirínis)
• Japanese: Vサイン (ja) (buisain), ピースサイン (ja) (pīsu sain), ピース (ja) (pīsu)
• Swedish: V-tecken n

Further reading

• V sign on Wikipedia.Wikipedia