vu

See also: VU, .vu, vú, vù, vũ, Vũ, vü, vû, vŭ, and ʋu

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vu

1. (second-person plural pronoun) you, you all, ye

Related terms

• voi

See also

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• nu
• jali, jale

Fijian

Noun

vu

1. root

   Synonym: waka

French

Etymology

Past participle of voir. Inherited from Old French veü, from earlier vedüt, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *vidūtus in place of Latin vīsus. Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vy/

• Audio

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• Homophones: vue, vues, vus
• Hyphenation: vu

Participle

vu (feminine vue, masculine plural vus, feminine plural vues)

1. past participle of voir

   J’ai vu ce film.

   I’ve seen this film.

Derived terms

• déjà-vu

Preposition

vu

1. given (based on)

   Vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !

   Given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!

Usage notes

As a preposition, vu is invariable, never agreeing with the element it precedes.

Derived terms

• au vu de
• au vu et au su de
• vu que

 

Further reading

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

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French vous, Italian voi, Spanish vos, Russian вы (vy), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yū́, with the Ido ending +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/

Pronoun

vu (plural vi)

1. (formal) you (singular)

Synonyms

• tu (informal)

Derived terms

• vua
• vuo
• vui
• via
• vio
• vii

See also

    Personal pronouns in Ido

		Singular			Plural
		Nominative	Possessive		Nominative	Possessive
			Singular	Plural		Singular	Plural
First person		me	mea	mei	ni	nia	nii
Second person	Formal	vu	vua	vui	vi	via	vii
	Familiar	tu	tua	tui
Third person	Masculine	ilu, il	ilua	ilui	ili	ilia	ilii
	Feminine	elu, el	elua	elui	eli	elia	elii
	Neuter	olu, ol	olua	olui	oli	olia	olii
	Common	lu	lua	lui	li	lia	lii
	Reflexive	su	sua	sui	su	sua	sui
Indefinite		onu, on	onua	onui	onu, on	onua	onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Italian

Alternative forms

• vi

Etymology

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: vù

Noun

vu f (invariable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.; vee

Derived terms

• doppia vu
• tivù

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

Japanese

Romanization

vu

1. The hiragana syllable ゔ (vu) or the katakana syllable ヴ (vu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ʔu¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃶ (vu), Burmese အူ (u).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɤ³³]

Noun

vu 

1. (Yao'an) intestines

Miji

Noun

vu

1. (Western or Eastern) water

References

• Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011); see also Roger Blench, The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification (2015)
• ASJP

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

vu (Cyrillic spelling ву)

1. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, at
2. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) to, into
3. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
4. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Synonyms

• u, v, f

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誣.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧] ~ [jʊw˧˧]

Verb

vu

1. to slander, to libel

See also

Derived terms

• vu cáo
• vu khống
• vu oan