vu

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vu

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

Etymology

Past participle of voir. From Old French veü (earlier vedüt). Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vy/
• Homophones: vue, vues, vus
• Hyphenation: vu

Verb

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

1. past participle of voir
   • J’ai vu ce film.
     • I’ve seen this film.

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!

Further reading

• “vu” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu/

Pronoun

vu (plural vi)

1. (formal) you (singular)

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
	Pangender	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.

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

vu f (invariable)

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

Romanization

vu

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヴ

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

Pronoun

vu

1. you (singular)
2. (reflexive) yourself

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)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vu

1. to slander, to libel