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V

See also: v, ٧‎, and Appendix:Variations of "v"

V U+0056, V
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
← U
[U+0055] 		Basic Latin W →
[U+0057]

Ⅴ U+2164, Ⅴ
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE
← Ⅳ
[U+2163] 		Number Forms Ⅵ →
[U+2165]
Ｖ U+FF36, Ｖ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
← Ｕ
[U+FF35] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｗ →
[U+FF37]
Ѵ U+0474, Ѵ
CYRILLIC CAPITAL LETTER IZHITSA
← ѳ
[U+0473] 		Cyrillic ѵ →
[U+0475]
𝖁 U+1D581, 𝖁
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL V
← 𝖀
[U+1D580] 		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝖂 →
[U+1D582]

TranslingualEdit

 
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Alternative formsEdit

  • v (numeral)
  • V. (numeral, ordinal)

EtymologyEdit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅‎ (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

LetterEdit

V (lower case v)

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

See alsoEdit

NumeralEdit

V

  1. The Roman numeral for 5.
  2. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the fifth.

SymbolEdit

V

  1. The volt in the International System of Units.
  2. (chemistry) Symbol for vanadium.
  3. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine
  4. (geometry) volume
  5. (set theory) Von Neumann universe
  6. (music) major dominant triad
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a vowel
  8. (Voice Quality Symbols) voice (modified for the kind of voice: 'nasal voice', 'harsh voice', etc.)

GalleryEdit

  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of V, in roman and italic type

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    Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of V:

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /viː/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

LetterEdit

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

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

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

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NounEdit

V (plural Vs or V's)

 
a V of migrating geese
  1. (organic chemistry) The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC.
  2. (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.
  3. (linguistics) Abbreviation of verb.
  4. (euphemistic) Vagina.
  5. Abbreviation of vowel.
  6. Abbreviation of velocity.
  7. Anything shaped like a V; synonym: vee.
    1. A flying skein of geese which have placed themselves in a V-shaped formation.

Derived termsEdit

(velocity):

PrepositionEdit

V

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of over, prefix over-.

SymbolEdit

V

  1. (titular) Viscount
  2. (titular) Viscountess

ReferencesEdit

  • The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson. (Penguin Books, 2000), page 390/1

AfrikaansEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /fɪə/

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

See alsoEdit

NounEdit

V (plural V's, diminutive V'tjie)

  1. V

AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

V upper case (lower case v)

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

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

Usage notesEdit

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Central FranconianEdit

EtymologyEdit

  • /v/ is from West Germanic stem-internal *b and *f; from stem-initial *f around Aachen and in the Netherlands.
  • For the origin of /f/, see F. For the origin of /ʋ/, see W.

PronunciationEdit

  • /v/, (German-based also) /f/, /ʋ/

LetterEdit

V

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notesEdit

Systems for the use of V
  • In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, v is used instead of regular w or f only after the German cognate.
  • In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian (without Aachen region), initial v is used as above, but internal v is the regular spelling for /v/.
  • In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a threefold phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/, v /v/, f /f/, which the spelling reflects.
Doubling of V and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between v and f may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels. Coda v is automatically replaced with f.

ChineseEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English volt.

PronunciationEdit

ClassifierEdit

V

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, electricity) volt (unit of voltage)
SynonymsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Pronunciation 1Edit

Note: fi1 - Hong Kong only.
Note: Often realised as 1vi.
LetterEdit

V

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

Pronunciation 2Edit

LetterEdit

V

  1. The twenty-second letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notesEdit
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
  • The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
  • The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄪㄝ, uses a symbol that is obsolete in modern Mandarin. Usually w is used instead as the initial.

Usage notesEdit

  • In Hanyu Pinyin, the letter v is unused, except in spelling foreign languages, languages of minority nationalities, and some dialects, despite a conscious effort to distribute letters more evenly than in Western languages. However, the ease of typing into a computer causes the v to be sometimes used to replace ü.

DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (capital, lowercase v)

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

See alsoEdit

  • Previous letter: U
  • Next letter: W

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

For the origin of the letter, see v.

Orthography and pronunciation

Germanic f was pronounced [v] in some dialects of Middle High German and was predominantly spelt v. This voicing was later reversed stem-initially in most dialects and stem-internally in some (including Standard German). In inherited words, the spelling mostly switched back to f accordingly. This always happened before l, r, u, ü, but otherwise there remains a number of relicts. These are the prefix ver-, the words Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor, and their derivatives.

In native German proper nouns, initial V is always /f/, but the internal pronunciation is hard to predict and differs by region. For example, it is usually /f/ in northern German placenames (e.g. Hannover, Havel, Jever), but /v/ in western ones (e.g. Grevenbroich, Leverkusen, Overath).

V was retained in words of foreign origin and its pronunciation varied. The contemporary standard is normally /v/, but always /f/ in Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt. The words Vers, Vesper, Vize have /f/ in Germany, but usually /v/ in Austria. Both ways are de-facto standard in Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver (though dictionaries may recognise only one form or the other).

PronunciationEdit

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /faʊ̯/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/, /v/ (see etymology section)

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative V V-k
accusative V-t V-ket
dative V-nek V-knek
instrumental V-vel V-kkel
causal-final V-ért V-kért
translative V-vé V-kké
terminative V-ig V-kig
essive-formal V-ként V-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive V-ben V-kben
superessive V-n V-ken
adessive V-nél V-knél
illative V-be V-kbe
sublative V-re V-kre
allative V-hez V-khez
elative V-ből V-kből
delative V-ről V-kről
ablative V-től V-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		V-é V-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		V-éi V-kéi
Possessive forms of V
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. V-m V-im
2nd person sing. V-d V-id
3rd person sing. V-je V-i
1st person plural V-nk V-ink
2nd person plural V-tek V-itek
3rd person plural V-jük V-ik

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (lower case v)

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

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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

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

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

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ V in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

JapaneseEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

From English victory.

NounEdit

V(ブイ) • (bui) 

  1. victory in championship

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

LatvianEdit

 
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EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

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V

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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MalayEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [vi]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [v]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [f]

LetterEdit

V

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

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NupeEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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RussianEdit

 
The V symbol used by the Russian military.
 
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EtymologyEdit

Derived from восток (vostok, “east, eastern Ukraine”). Like the Z sign, the V sign was initially used for vehicles targeted towards Kyiv, and later popularised by the Russian government on social media as a rallying symbol.

PronunciationEdit

SymbolEdit

V (lower case v)

  1. the Roman letter V, v
    Synonym: вэ (vɛ)
  2. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) (politics) a dogwhistle for supporting the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • #силаVправде (hashtag using V by Russian nationalists in support for war against Ukraine)
      #silaVpravde
      "our strength is in truth"

Usage notesEdit

Russian nationalists replace instances of the Cyrillic letter В (V) with Roman V in some words and usernames.

See alsoEdit

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (lower case v)

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

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SloveneEdit

 
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LetterEdit

V (capital, lowercase v)

  1. The 23rd letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by U and followed by Z.

SpanishEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

  1. the 23rd letter of the Spanish alphabet

SwedishEdit

Proper nounEdit

V ? (genitive s)

  1. Abbreviation of Vänsterpartiet (“Left Party”).

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

See alsoEdit

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