v

Etymology 1

Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter 𐌖 (V), from Ancient Greek letter Υ (Y, “Upsilon”).

Etymology 2

Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIIIΛ or IIIIV (representing 5), from tally stick markings resembling \\\\⋁ or ////⋌, from the practice of designating each fifth notch with a double cut, like the corresponding Western tally mark, .

Etymology 3

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of V, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of V:

Etymology

From Middle English lower case letter v (also written u), from Old English lower case u and respelling of Old English f between vowels and voiced consonants.

• Old English lower case f from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “feoh”), derived from Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v).
• Old English lower case u from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case v of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚢ (u, “ur”), derived from Raetic letter u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas valor and excuse appeared as in modern printing, have and upon were printed haue and vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the v form was used to represent the consonant, and u the vowel sound. v then preceded u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /viː/ (spelled vee)

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Letter

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

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

Abbreviation

v

1. Alternative form of v.

Noun

v (plural vs or v's)

1. a shape resembling the letter v

   The impact was so strong, it bent the bar into a v.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/, IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ve/, IPA^(key): /be/ (spelled ve); IPA^(key): /veˈβaʃə/, IPA^(key): /beˈβaʃə/ (spelled ve baixa)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/

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Preposition

v

1. in (inside, for an enclosed space) (followed by the locative case)

   On je v divadle. -- He is in the theater.

2. at (indicating time) (followed by the accusative case)

   V šest hodin. -- At six o’clock.

3. on (indicating a day) (followed by the accusative case)

   V pátek. -- On Friday.

4. in (indicating a year) (followed by the locative case)

   V roce 2007. -- In the year 2007.

5. in (indicating a month) (followed by the locative case)

   V lednu. -- In January.

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /veː/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• Previous letter: u
• Next letter: w

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-second letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
   • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎^{fr.Wikisource}, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Volume I, Chapter I:

     Lui cherchant alors un nom qui ne s’écartât pas trop du sien, qui sentît et représentât la grande dame et la princesse, il vint à l’appeler Dulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de ce village : nom harmonieux à son avis, rare et distingué, et non moins expressif que tous ceux qu’il avait donnés à son équipage et à lui-même.

     Through searching himself thus for a name that did not diverge too much from his own, that would suit and represent the great lady and princess, he came to call her Dulcinea del Toboso, because she was a native of this village [Toboso]: a name in his opinion harmonious, rare and distinguished, and no less expressive than all the ones that he had given to his team and to himself.

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

Noun

v m, f (invariable)

1. See under V

Alternative forms

• u (post-Classical)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /w/, /u/, /uː/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. (sometimes with littera) The 20th letter of the Latin alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: t
• Next letter: x

References

• v in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• v in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

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

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

1. The thirty-seventh letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɨ/

Letter

v (upper case V)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Mapudungun alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Etymology

Latin u, v.

Letter

v

1. u (letter)
2. v (letter)

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ʋeː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /ʋ/, /v/, /f/

Letter

v

1. The 22nd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ve/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) V

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

1. The 28th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by u and followed by z.

1. Obsolete form of u.

Preposition

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

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)

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  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

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) V

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ʋ/

Letter

v

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

Preposition

v

1. (answering question where) (with locative) in, inside, at
2. (answering question where to) (with accusative) to, into
3. (indicating a day) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
4. (indicating a month or period of time) (with locative) in, during

   V tem aprilu je veliko deževalo.

   During this april it was raining a lot.

   V petih letih ni padla niti kapljica dežja.

   In 5 years even a droplet of rain haven't fallen.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /b/
• (letter name):
  • (traditional) IPA^(key): /ˈbe/ (spelled ve)
  • (common in most countries) IPA^(key): /ˈu.βe/ (spelled uve)

    Audio (Spain)

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  • (common in some countries) IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈkoɾta/ (ve corta), /ˌbe ˈβa.xa/ (ve baja), ve pequeña, or /ˌbe ˈt͡ʃika/ (ve chica)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-third (23rd) letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Abbreviation

v

1. Left Party; Abbreviation of Vänsterpartiet.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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