vé

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ve"

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɛː]

Noun

vé n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Further reading

• vé in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• vé in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve/

Etymology 1

Noun

vé m (plural vés)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Derived terms

• double vé

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

vé m (plural vés)

1. calf

   Synonym: veau

   • 1881, “A B C D”, in French Nursery Rhymes:

     La vache a fait le vé; / Le vé s’est ensauvé, / La vache a pleuré; / Le vé est revenu, / La vache a rizu; / Saura té.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Occitan vei!, imperative of veire (“to see”).

Interjection

vé!

1. (Marseille) look!
   • 1995, Jean-Claude Izzo, Total Khéops:

     J’ai un ami, Toni, enfin un copain. Parce que, vé, on est pas intimes, vous comprenez.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “vé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈveː]
• Hyphenation: vé
• Rhymes: -veː

Noun

vé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	vé	vék
accusative	vét	véket
dative	vének	véknek
instrumental	vével	vékkel
causal-final	véért	vékért
translative	vévé	vékké
terminative	véig	vékig
essive-formal	véként	vékként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	vében	vékben
superessive	vén	véken
adessive	vénél	véknél
illative	vébe	vékbe
sublative	vére	vékre
allative	véhez	vékhez
elative	véből	vékből
delative	véről	vékről
ablative	vétől	véktől
non-attributive possessive - singular	véé	véké
non-attributive possessive - plural	vééi	vékéi

Possessive forms of vé
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	vém	véim
2nd person sing.	véd	véid
3rd person sing.	véje	véi
1st person plural	vénk	véink
2nd person plural	vétek	véitek
3rd person plural	véjük	véik

Derived terms

• dupla vé

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛː/

  Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

vé n (genitive singular vés, nominative plural vé)

1. sanctuary

Declension

declension of vé

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vé	véið	vé	véin
accusative	vé	véið	vé	véin
dative	véi	véinu	véum	véunum
genitive	vés	vésins	véa	véanna

Derived terms

• heilagt vé
• heimilisvé
• helgivé
• vébönd
• véfrétt
• véhelgur

 

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʲeː/

Noun

vé

1. The name of the Latin-script letter v.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French veut (“wants”).

Verb

vé

1. to want

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred area, sanctuary”).

Noun

vé n (genitive vés)

1. (Germanic paganism) sanctuary
2. mansion, house

Declension

  Declension of vé (strong a-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	vé	véit	vé	véin
accusative	vé	véit	vé	véin
dative	vé	vénu	véum	véunum
genitive	vés	vésins	véa	véanna

Coordinate terms

• hof (“temple; roofed cult site”)
• hǫrgr (“outdoors cult site”)

Related terms

• vígja (“to hallow, sanctify”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: vé
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ve
• Norwegian Bokmål: ve
• Old Swedish: vī (only in place-names)
  • Swedish: vi
• Old Danish: wī (only in place-names)
  • Danish: vi
• Old Gutnish: wí
• ⇒ Old Norse: Óðinsvé
  • Icelandic: Óðinsvé
  • Danish: Odense
    • → English: Odense

References

• vé in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Etymology 2

Noun

vé n (genitive vés)

1. banner, standard

   framm óðu vé

   standards stormed forth

Romagnol

Noun

vé m or f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

Spanish

Verb

vé

1. (obsolete) second-person singular imperative of ver

Tarantino

Verb

vé

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of andare

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛ˧˦]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛ˨˩˦]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vɛ˦˥] ~ [jɛ˦˥]

Noun

(classifier tấm, tờ, chiếc) vé • (派)

1. ticket

   vé một lượt ― one-way ticket

Usage notes

• The usage of chiếc as the classifier for this noun seems to be more common in Northern Vietnam.

See also

Derived terms

• vé số