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See also: v, ٧, and Appendix:Variations of "v"
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V U+0056, V
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
← U
[U+0055] 		Basic Latin W →
[U+0057]
Character variations
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Ⅴ U+2164, Ⅴ
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE
← Ⅳ
[U+2163] 		Number Forms Ⅵ →
[U+2165]
Ｖ U+FF36, Ｖ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
← Ｕ
[U+FF35] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｗ →
[U+FF37]
𝖁 U+1D581, 𝖁
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL V
← 𝖀
[U+1D580] 		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝖂 →
[U+1D582]
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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:
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Alternative forms

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌖 (u, “u”), from the Ancient Greek letter Υ (U, “ypsilon”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Doublet of Y, U, and F.

Letter

V (lower case v)

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

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Numeral

V

  2. The Roman numeral for 5.
    • 2017 May 23, Gregory Krieg and Will Mullery, “Trump’s budget by the numbers: What gets cut and why”, in CNN‎ (in English):
      “The Budget does not include funding for the Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP). SIP is duplicative of other Title III and V program funding for institutional support activities.
  3. (especially in the names of aristocracy) the fifth.

Symbol

V

  2. The volt in the International System of Units.
    Holonyms: kV < MV
    Meronyms: μV < mV
  4. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for vanadium.
  6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for valine.
  8. May.
    Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; VI, vi, 6; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12
  10. (organic chemistry) The resin identification code for polyvinyl chloride, also PVC.
  12. (geometry) volume.
  14. (set theory) Von Neumann universe.
  15. (music) major dominant triad.
  16. (linguistics) A wildcard for a vowel.
  17. (Voice Quality Symbols) voice (modified for the kind of voice: 'nasal voice', 'harsh voice', etc.).
  18. The symbol in bases higher than thirty-one for the number expressed as 31 in decimal.
  • Letter styles
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    Uppercase and lowercase versions of V, in roman and italic type
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    Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur

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English

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /viː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iː

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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Noun

V (plural Vs or V's)

  1. (grammar) Abbreviation of vocative case.
  2. (linguistics) Abbreviation of verb.
  3. (euphemistic) Vagina.
  4. Abbreviation of vowel.
    • 2021 October 5, Gessica Puccini, “Lang Belta: the Belter language from SYFY/Amazon’s The Expanse”, in Lingoblog‎:
      The standard syllable structure of Lang Belta is CVC (consonant-vowel-consonant), but there are also syllables without one or both of these consonants. Therefore, other possible structures are: initial V, initial CV, and VC. For example, V ereluf ‘air’, VC unte ‘and’, CV xalte ‘to stay’, and CVC ereluf ‘air’.
  5. Abbreviation of velocity.
  6. (slang, countable) Viagra.
    • 2017, James Wharton, Something for the Weekend‎, Biteback Publishing, →ISBN:
      The unfortunate, and quite ironic, side effect of all these chemicals is a penis that refuses to budge. Steven has been handing out the Vs in abundance for as the long as boys have been high in his second-floor flat, two for a fiver.
  7. Anything shaped like a V
    Synonym: vee
    • 2022, Maddie Mortimer, Maps of Our Spectacular Bodies, Picador, page 149:
      She watched him through the perfect V between the seats for the rest of the journey.
    1. A flying skein of geese which have placed themselves in a V-shaped formation.
  8. (UK, Ireland) A V-sign; by extension, an insult or show of defiance.
    • 2011 May 12, Ruth Saberton, Ellie Andrews Has Second Thoughts: A bride to be . . . an unexpected encounter – a romantic comedy to fall in love with, Hachette UK, →ISBN:
      And it's here that life decides to flick a V at me.
    • 2011 June 9, Craig Robertson, Snapshot, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN:
      As Baxter turned and left, muttering under his breath, Winter flicked a V at his retreating bulk and took one last picture of the scene, knowing while he did so that it was a bad idea but doing it anyway.
    • 2024 July 19, Kevin Crump, The Quay, Austin Macauley Publishers, →ISBN:
      Without turning around, Pat just raised his arm and flicked me a "V".
  10. (automotive, dated) Abbreviation of venturi.
    Alternative form: v
    Synonym: bbl
    4V
    ;   2V
    289-4V
    ;   289-2V

Symbol

V

  1. (titular) Viscount.
  2. (titular) Viscountess.

Derived terms

Terms derived from all parts of speech

References

  • The New Penguin Dictionary of Abbreviations: from A to zz, Rosalind Fergusson. (Penguin Books, 2000), page 390/1

Proper noun

V

  1. (stock ticker symbol) Abbreviation of Visa.
    • 2024 March 26, Elisabeth Buchwald, “Visa and Mastercard agree to $30 billion settlement that will lower merchant fees”, in CNN Business‎:
      Shares of Visa (V) and Mastercard (MA) moved slightly higher after the deal was announced.
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Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /fɪə/

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

See also

Noun

V (plural V's, diminutive V'tjie)

  1. V

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme) IPA(key): [v]
  • (letter name) IPA(key): [veː], [vɯː]

Letter

V upper case (lower case v)

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

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

Usage notes

  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Catalan

Pronunciation

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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Central Franconian

Etymology

  • /v/ is from West Germanic stem-internal *b and *f; from stem-initial *f around Aachen and in the Netherlands.
  • For the origin of /f/, see F. For the origin of /ʋ/, see W.

Pronunciation

  • /v/, (German-based also) /f/, /ʋ/

Letter

V

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Usage notes

Systems for the use of V
  • In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian, v is used instead of regular w or f only after the German cognate.
  • In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian (without Aachen region), initial v is used as above, but internal v is the regular spelling for /v/.
  • In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a threefold phonemic distinction between w /ʋ/, v /v/, f /f/, which the spelling reflects.
Doubling of V and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the syllable coda, the choice between v and f may be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling, v is doubled after short vowels. Coda v is automatically replaced with f.
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Chinese

Etymology 1

From English volt.

Pronunciation

Classifier

V

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese, electricity) volt (unit of voltage)
    Synonyms: 伏, 伏特 (fútè)

Etymology 2

From Japanese VTuber (bui-chūbā) or English VTuber.

Pronunciation

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Particularly: “Mandarin”

Noun

V

  1. (fandom slang) virtual YouTuber; VTuber
Derived terms

Etymology 3

From 微 (wēi), short for 微信 (Wēixìn, “WeChat”).

Pronunciation

Verb

V

  1. (Internet slang) to send (money) over WeChat
    V我50  ―  wēi wǒ 50  ―  send me 50 yuan over WeChat

Etymology 4

Pronunciation 1

Note: fi1 - Hong Kong only.
Letter

V

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

Pronunciation 2

Letter

V

  1. The twenty-second letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes
  • 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education, and another pronunciation is commonly used instead. In the case of V, 《汉语拼音方案》 defines its pronunciation as ㄪㄝ, using the initial ㄪ (vō /⁠v⁠/), which is obsolete in standard Mandarin. This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.
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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

V (capital, lowercase v)

  1. the twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

  • Previous letter: U
  • Next letter: W

Esperanto

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /v/; before a voiceless consonant, IPA(key): /f/
  • Audio:(file)

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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Finnish

Etymology

The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and V for information on the development of the glyph itself. The letter was only rarely used prior to the 19th century, when it replaced W.

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

Derived terms

compounds

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French

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

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German

Etymology

For the origin of the letter, see v.

Orthography and pronunciation

Germanic f was pronounced [v] in some dialects of Middle High German and was predominantly spelt v. This voicing was later reversed stem-initially in most dialects and stem-internally in some (including Standard German). In inherited words, the spelling mostly switched back to f accordingly. This always happened before l, r, u, ü, but otherwise there remains a number of relicts. These are the prefix ver-, the words Frevel, Vater, Vetter, Vieh, viel, vier, Vogel, Volk, voll, von, vor, and their derivatives.

In native German proper nouns, initial V is always /f/, but the internal pronunciation is hard to predict and differs by region. For example, it is usually /f/ in northern German placenames (e.g. Hannover, Havel, Jever), but /v/ in western ones (e.g. Grevenbroich, Leverkusen, Overath).

V was retained in words of foreign origin and its pronunciation varied. The contemporary standard is normally /v/, but always /f/ in Eva, Vau, Veilchen, Veit, Vettel, Vlies, Vogt. The words Vers, Vesper, Vize have /f/ in Germany, but usually /v/ in Austria. Both ways are de-facto standard in Evangelium, hieven, Larve, Nerven, Pulver (though dictionaries may recognise only one form or the other).

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /faʊ̯/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/, /v/ (see etymology section)

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈv]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈveː]

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

  1. The thirty-eighth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called vé and written in the Latin script.

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
More information possessor, single possession ...

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Icelandic

Letter

V (lower case v)

  1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

V (lower case v)

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

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Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Pronunciation

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

Letter

V

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

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Irish

Letter

V (upper case, lower case v)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

See also

Italian

Japanese

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Malay

Maltese

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Norwegian

Nupe

Portuguese

Romani

Romanian

Russian

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Spanish

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