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Translingual
Letter
V (lower case v)
- The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Numeral
V
Symbol
V
- The volt in the International System of Units.
- (chemistry) Symbol for vanadium.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine
- (geometry) volume
- (set theory) Von Neumann universe
- (music) major dominant triad
Gallery
- Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of V, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of V:
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /viː/
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Audio (US) (file)
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v, plural Vs or V's)
Derived terms
See also
Noun
V
- (organic chemistry) The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC
- (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.
- (euphemistic) Vagina.
- Abbreviation of vowel.
Symbol
V
- (titular) Viscount
- (titular) Viscountess
References
- The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson. (Penguin Books, 2000), page 390/1
American Sign Language
Letter

- the letter V
Azerbaijani
Letter
V upper case (lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /veː/
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Audio (file)
Letter
V (capital, lowercase v)
- The twenth-second letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also
Esperanto
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
See also
Abbreviation
V
- (text messaging) Abbreviation of vi (“you”).
Finnish
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
German
Etymology
The name of the letter goes back to the name of the Phoenician progenitor 𐤅, whose name is wāw.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aʊ
- (letter name) IPA(key): /faʊ̯/
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Audio (file) - (words of Germanic origin and German place names) IPA(key): [f]
- (words of Romanic origin) IPA(key): [v]
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
- The twenty-second letter of the German alphabet.
German Sign Language
Etymology
Related to the French Sign Language sign for "V".
Production
This one-handed GSL sign is produced as follows:
- Posture the dominant hand in the “V” shape.
Letter

- the letter V
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v/
Letter
V (lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /vu/, /vi/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/
Letter
V m, f (invariable, lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
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Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Japanese
Etymology
Noun
Synonyms
Related terms
Latvian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [v]
Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
V
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Portuguese
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ve/
Letter
V (uppercase, lowercase v)
- The twenty-sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /v/. Preceded by U and followed by X.
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/
Letter
V (lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Slovene
Letter
V (capital, lowercase v)
- The 23rd letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by U and followed by Z.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈube/, [ˈuβe]
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
- The 23rd letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Turkish
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ve˧˧], [vəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [vej˧˧], [vəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vʲej˧˧], [vʲəː˨˩]
- Phonetic: vê, vờ
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called vê or vờ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
V (upper case, lower case v)



