v.
See also: Appendix:Variations of "v"
Translingual edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Abbreviation of Latin vēna (“vein”).
Noun edit
v. (plural vv.)
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Abbreviations.
Adverb edit
v. (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of very.
Noun edit
v. (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of version.
- Abbreviation of verb.
- Abbreviation of verst.
- 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:
- Three stages beyond Irkutsk is Listvenitchnaya, the place of embarkation for the lake of Baikal (112 v. wide and 1800 v. long), which is crossed in a steamer, and from which passengers are landed in small boats. Fare, 8 rs. In winter the lake is crossed over the ice.
- Abbreviation of victim.
Preposition edit
v.
Usage notes edit
- 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.
Verb edit
v.
- (uncommon, imperative) See. vide(te)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
v. (plural vv.)
See also edit
Dutch edit
Adjective edit
v.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of vrouwelijk (“feminine”).
Preposition edit
v.
- Abbreviation of van (in surnames)
Finnish edit
Noun edit
v.
- Abbreviation of vuosi (“year”).
- Abbreviation of vuotta (“(of the) year”).
- Abbreviation of vuonna (“in/during the year”).
- Abbreviation of vuosina (“during the years”).
- Synonym: (dated) vv.
Adjective edit
v.
- Abbreviation of vuotias (“year-old”).
Usage notes edit
Only the final abbreviation (of vuotias) can be pronounced as vee (“(the letter) V”), but even then only colloquially. All other abbreviations are always pronounced as the full word.
Romanian edit
Verb edit
v.
- Abbreviation of vezi (“see”).
Serbo-Croatian edit
Verb edit
v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)
- Abbreviation of vidi (“see”).
Noun edit
v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)
- Abbreviation of vek/vijek (“century”).
Swedish edit
Noun edit
v. c or n
- (common) Abbreviation of vecka (“week, calendar week”).
- Meny v. 43
- Menu week 43
- (common) Abbreviation of version (“version”).
- v. 1.02.3
- Version 1.02.3
- (neuter) Abbreviation of verb (“verb”).
- springa (v.), röra sig snabbt
- run (verb), to move quickly
- (common) Abbreviation of väg (“road”) or vägen (“the [...] road”).
- K. Erikssons v.
- K. Eriksson's Road
- Söderbrov.
- The South Bridge Road
Preposition edit
v.
- Abbreviation of vid (“by”).
- finns v. S:a Vrå k:a
- found by South Vrå church
- Abbreviation of von (“von”).
- Carl v. Linné
- Carl von Linné
Adjective edit
v. (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of vice (“vice-”).
- v. VD
- vice-president