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vu

vu

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

Dalmatian

Pronoun

vu

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

Related terms

voi

See also

French

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)

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

Derived terms

déjà-vu

Adverb

vu

given (based on)
vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !‎
given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vu/

Pronoun

vu ‎(plural vi)

(formal) you (singular)

Synonyms

tu (informal)

Derived terms

Italian

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -u

Noun

vu m, f ‎(invariable)

vee, the letter V; v

Derived terms

tivù

Japanese

Romanization

vu

rōmaji reading of ゔ
rōmaji reading of ヴ

Lojban

Cmavo

vu ‎(rafsi vuz)

over there, yonder

Related terms

va
vi

See also

tu
bu'u

Miji

Noun

vu

(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

Novial

Pronoun

vu

you (singular)
(reflexive) yourself

Related terms

vun
vus

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

vu

(Kajkavian) (with locative) in, at
(Kajkavian) (with accusative) to, into
(Kajkavian) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
(Kajkavian) (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Synonyms

u, v, f

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Verb

vu

to slander, to libel

Derived terms

vu oan