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Webster 1913 Edition

V

V

(vē)
.
1.
V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see
U
). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel Υ (see
Y
), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma
F
(see
F
), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
See Guide to Pronunciation , § 265; also §§ 155, 169, 178-179, etc.
2.
As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.

Webster 1828 Edition

V

V

is the twenty second letter of the English Alphabet, and a labial articulation, formed by the junction of the upper teeth with the lower lip, as in pronouncing av, ev, ov, vain. It is not a close articulation, but one that admits of some sound. It is nearly allied to F, being formed by the same organs; but V is vocal, and F is aspirate, and this constitutes the principal difference between them. V and U were formerly the same letter, derived no doubt from the oriental vau or waw, but they have now as distinct uses as any two letters in the alphabet, and are therefore to be considered as different letters. V has one sound only, as in ver, vote, lavish.
As a numeral, V stand for 5. With a dash over it, in old books, it stands for 5000.

V

.R. among the Romans, stood for uti rogas, as you desire; V.C. for vir consularis; V.G. for verbi gratia; V.L. for videlicet.
In music for instruments, V. stands for violin; V.V. for violins.

Definition 2024

V

V


V U+0056, V
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
← U
[U+0055] 		Basic Latin W →
[U+0057]
See also: v, ٧, and Appendix:Variations of "v"

Translingual

Letter

V upper case (lower case v)

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

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Symbol

V

  1. The volt in the International System of Units.
  2. (chemistry) Symbol for vanadium.
  3. The Roman numeral for 5.
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine
  5. (geometry) volume
  6. (set theory) Von Neumann universe

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Other representations of V:

English

Letter

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.

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Derived terms

Noun

V

  1. (organic chemistry) The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC

Abbreviation

V

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.

Symbol

V

  1. (titular) Viscount
  2. (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

‎(Stokoe V)

  1. The letter V

Azeri

Letter

V upper case (lower case v)

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /veː/

Letter

V ‎(capital, lowercase v)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: U
  • Next letter: W

Esperanto

Letter

V ‎(upper case, lower case v)

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

See also

Abbreviation

V

  1. (text messaging) Abbreviation of vi ‎(“you”).

Finnish

Letter

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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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/
  • (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)

  1. 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

  1. the letter V

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v/

Letter

V ‎(lower case v)

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

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /vu/, /vi/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /v/

Letter

V m, f ‎(invariable, lower case v)

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

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Japanese

Etymology

From English victory

Noun

V ‎(katakana ブイ, romaji bui)

  1. victory in championship

Synonyms

Related terms

  • Vサイン

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

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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Malay

Pronunciation

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

Letter

V

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

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Portuguese

Letter

V ‎(upper case, lower case v)

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

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Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ve/

Letter

V (capital, lowercase v)

  1. 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)

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

See also

Slovene

Letter

V ‎(capital, lowercase v)

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

Spanish

Letter

V ‎(upper case, lower case v)

  1. The 23rd letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

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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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ve˧˧/, /vəːɰ˨˩]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vej˧˧/, /vəːɰ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vʲej˧˥/, /vʲəːɰ˨˩]
  • Phonetic: vê, vờ

Letter

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.

See also

v

v


v U+0076, v
LATIN SMALL LETTER V
← u
[U+0075] 		Basic Latin w →
[U+0077]
See also: V, Appendix:Variations of "v", and ∨

Translingual

Etymology 1

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

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

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

Alternative forms

Numeral

v ‎(lower case Roman numeral, upper case V)

  1. cardinal number five (5).

See also

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Symbol

v

  1. (physics) velocity
  2. (phonetics) used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a voiced labiodental fricative (/v/).

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Other representations of V:

English

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.

See also

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.

Azeri

Letter

v lower case (upper case V)

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

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Catalan

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.

Czech

Pronunciation

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.

Synonyms

Usage notes

  • The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • 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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

Faroese

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.

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French

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 Manchefr.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.

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /v/

Letter

v ‎(upper case V)

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

See also

Italian

Noun

v m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. See under V

Latin

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

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

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

Livonian

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

Malay

Letter

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

Mapudungun

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɨ/

Letter

v ‎(upper case V)

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

See also

  • Previous letter: u
  • Next letter: w

Middle French

Etymology

Latin u, v.

Letter

v

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

Usage notes

  • u and v were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

v

  1. The 22nd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Portuguese

Letter

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

Romanian

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.

See also

Serbo-Croatian

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

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

Synonyms

Skolt Sami

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

Slovene

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.

See also

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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /b/
  • (letter name):
    • (traditional) IPA(key): [ˈbe̞ˑ] (spelled ve)
    • (common in most countries) IPA(key): [ˈuˑ.β̞e̞] (spelled uve)
    • (common in some countries) IPA(key): [ˌbe̞ ˈko̞ɾ.t̪ä] (ve corta), [ˌbe̞ 'β̞äˑ.hä] or [ˌbe̞ 'β̞äˑ.xä] (ve baja), ve pequeña, or [ˌbe̞ 't͡ʃiˑ.kä] (ve chica)

Letter

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

Usage notes

The common letter names, as well as phrases like ve de vaca are used to distinguish the letter v from the letter b. This is done because the two letters represent a single phoneme in modern Spanish, causing their traditional names be and ve both to be pronounced as ['be̞ˑ].

See also

Swedish

Abbreviation

v

  1. Left Party; Abbreviation of Vänsterpartiet.

Turkish

Letter

v ‎(lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /viː/

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