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, 𝍸.

Etymology 3

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase 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 1

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.

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of versus.

Etymology 3

Abbreviation of very.

Etymology 4

Abbreviations.

v

1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of of.
2. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of very.
3. (Stenoscript) the suffix or final syllable -tive or -ive

See also

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

• IPA^(key): /ube/, [u.β̞e̞]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbe], [ˈbe ˈβa.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈve], [ˈve ˈba.ʃə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈve], [ˈve ˈbaj.ʃa]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Alternative forms

• ve

Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech v, ve, from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/

• Audio:

  (file)

Preposition

v

1. in (inside, for an enclosed space) [with locative]

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

2. at (indicating time) [with accusative]

   v šest hodin ― at six o'clock

3. on (indicating a day) [with accusative]

   v pátek ― on Friday

4. in (indicating a year) [with locative]

   v roce 2007 ― in the year 2007

5. in (indicating a month) [with locative]

   v lednu ― in January

6. in (used after certain verbs) [with accusative]

   věřit v Boha ― to believe in God

Further reading

• “v”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “v”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eː
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /veː/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/, /f/

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

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

• Audio:

  (file)

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.

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.

Pronunciation

• Audio; “vee, veivi, tavuviiva, vee”:

  (file)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Noun

v

1. Abbreviation of vuosi.
2. Abbreviation of -vuotias.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ve/

• Audio:

  (file)

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

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

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

Further reading

• v in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /vafː/

Letter

v (upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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.

Letter

v f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case V)

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

Punctuation mark

v

1. (text messaging, Internet slang, dated) <3

References

• https://www.wdic.org/w/WDIC/v

Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog v. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English v.

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /vi/ [vi̞]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /bi/ [bi̞]
  • Rhymes: -i
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /v/ [v]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /b/ [b]

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called vi and written in the Latin script.

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

Letter

v (upper case V)

1. (obsolete, Tindall orthography) A letter of the Khoekhoe alphabet; modern ǂ.

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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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]

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Letter

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) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, 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

• IPA^(key): /v/
• IPA^(key): /f/ (by final devoicing or assimilation to a following voiceless obstruent)
• With very few exceptions, this letter occurs only in borrowings.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

Letter

v

1. Nonstandard form of ü.

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

• Like w, which see.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. (chiefly Sylt) A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

v

1. The 22nd letter of the Norwegian alphabet.

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Alternative forms

• u (often before labial consonants)

Etymology

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

Preposition

v

1. in (inside, for an enclosed space) (followed by the locative case)
2. in (used after certain verbs) (followed by the accusative case)

   vyjěti v boj ― go into battle

Further reading

• Jan Gebauer (1903–1916) “v”, in Slovník staročeský (in Czech), Prague: Česká grafická společnost "unie", Česká akademie císaře Františka Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění

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

• IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

1. (International Standard) The twenty-ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The thirtieth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v/

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Alternative forms

• V (uppercase)

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.
2. Obsolete form of u.

Preposition

v (Cyrillic spelling в)

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

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

• vo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f]

Preposition

v

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Further reading

• “v”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Etymology 1

1=r

Etymology 2

From Proto-Slavic *vъ(n).

Further reading

• “v”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (phoneme) /b/
• IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈbe/ [ˈbe] (traditional, spelled ve), /ˈube/ [ˈu.β̞e] (common in most countries, spelled uve)

  • Audio (Spain):

    (file)

  • Rhymes: -e, -ube
• (common in some countries)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈkoɾta/ [ˌbe ˈkoɾ.t̪a] (spelled ve corta)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈbaxa/ [ˌbe ˈβ̞a.xa] (spelled ve baja)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbe peˈkeɲa/ [ˌbe peˈke.ɲa] (spelled ve pequeña)
  • IPA^(key): /ˌbe ˈt͡ʃika/ [ˌbe ˈt͡ʃi.ka] (spelled ve chica)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish v. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English v.
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish v.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈvi/ [ˈvi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbi/ [ˈbi] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -i
  • IPA^(key): /ˈve/ [ˈvɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈbe/ [ˈbɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -e
  • IPA^(key): /v/ [v] (phoneme)
    • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /b/ [b̚] (phoneme)

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V, Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)

1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called vi and written in the Latin script.
2. (historical) The twenty-fifth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called ve and written in the Latin script.

Further reading

• “v”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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

Pronunciation 1

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vəː˦˩]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vəː˨˩] ~ [jəː˨˩]
• Phonetic spelling: vờ

Pronunciation 2

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ve˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vej˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vej˧˧] ~ [jej˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: vê

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French v.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /β/

Letter

v (upper case V)

1. A letter of the Yele alphabet.

Letter

v (lower case, upper case V)

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