v.
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Translingual
Alternative forms
Etymology
Abbreviation of Latin vēna (“vein”).
Noun
v. (plural vv.)
English
Etymology 1
Abbreviations.
Adverb
v. (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of very.
Noun
v. (uncountable)
- Abbreviation of version.
- Abbreviation of verb.
- Abbreviation of verst.
- 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:
- Three stages beyond Irkutsk is Listvenitchnaya, the place of embarkation for the lake of Baikal (112 v. wide and 1800 v. long), which is crossed in a steamer, and from which passengers are landed in small boats. Fare, 8 rs. In winter the lake is crossed over the ice.
- Abbreviation of victim.
Preposition
v.
Usage notes
- In legal contexts, usage is typically restricted to case citations, and the pronunciation may be as versus, vee, against, or and, depending on the region and nature of the case.
Verb
v.
- (uncommon, imperative) See. vide(te)
Etymology 2
Noun
v. (plural vv.)
See also
Albanian
Noun
v.
- Abbreviation of vit (“year”).
Dutch
Adjective
v.
- (grammar) Abbreviation of vrouwelijk (“feminine”).
Preposition
v.
- Abbreviation of van (in surnames)
Finnish
Noun
v.
- Abbreviation of vuosi (“year”).
- Abbreviation of vuotta (“(of the) year”).
- Abbreviation of vuonna (“in/during the year”).
- Abbreviation of vuosina (“during the years”).
- Synonym: (dated) vv.
Adjective
v.
- Abbreviation of vuotias (“year-old”).
Usage notes
Only the final abbreviation (of vuotias) can be pronounced as vee (“(the letter) V”), but even then only colloquially. All other abbreviations are always pronounced as the full word.
German
Preposition
v.
- Abbreviation of von.
- Abbreviation of vom.
- Abbreviation of vor.
Romanian
Verb
v.
- Abbreviation of vezi (“see”).
Serbo-Croatian
Verb
v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)
- Abbreviation of vidi (“see”).
Noun
v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)
- Abbreviation of vek/vijek (“century”).
Swedish
Noun
v. c or n
- (common) Abbreviation of vecka (“week, calendar week”).
- Meny v. 43
- Menu week 43
- (common) Abbreviation of version (“version”).
- v. 1.02.3
- Version 1.02.3
- (neuter) Abbreviation of verb (“verb”).
- springa (v.), röra sig snabbt
- run (verb), to move quickly
- (common) Abbreviation of väg (“road”) or vägen (“the [...] road”).
- K. Erikssons v.
- K. Eriksson's Road
- Söderbrov.
- The South Bridge Road
Preposition
v.
- Abbreviation of vid (“by”).
- finns v. S:a Vrå k:a
- found by South Vrå church
- Abbreviation of von (“von”).
- Carl v. Linné
- Carl von Linné
Adjective
v. (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of vice (“vice-”).
- v. VD
- vice-president
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