V

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VU+0056,V
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
←U
[U+0055] 		Basic Latin W→
[U+0057]
Character variations

ⅤU+2164,Ⅴ
ROMAN NUMERAL FIVE
←Ⅳ
[U+2163] 		Number Forms Ⅵ→
[U+2165]
ＶU+FF36,Ｖ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER V
←Ｕ
[U+FF35] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｗ→
[U+FF37]
𝖁U+1D581,𝖁
MATHEMATICAL BOLD FRAKTUR CAPITAL V
←𝖀
[U+1D580] 		Mathematical Alphanumeric Symbols 𝖂→
[U+1D582]
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Afrikaans•Azerbaijani•Basque•Central Franconian•Chinese•Dutch•Esperanto•Finnish•German•Hungarian•Icelandic•Ido•Irish•Italian•Japanese•Khoekhoe•Latin•Latvian•Malay•Mandarin•Norwegian•Nupe•Portuguese•Romani•Romanian•Russian•Skolt Sami•Slovene•Spanish•Swedish•Tagalog•Turkish•Vietnamese•Zulu
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Translingual

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EnglishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipedia

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From theEtruscanletter𐌖(u,“u”),from theAncient GreekletterΥ(U,“ypsilon”),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤅(w,“waw”),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓏲.DoubletofYandU.

Letter

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V(lower casev)

  1. The twenty-second letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

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Numeral

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V

  2. The Roman numeral for5.
  3. (especially in the names of aristocracy)thefifth.

Symbol

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V

  1. Thevoltin theInternational System of Units.
  2. (chemistry)Symbol forvanadium.
  3. (biochemistry)IUPAC1-letter abbreviation forvaline
  4. (organic chemistry)The resin identification code forpolyvinyl chloride,alsoPVC.
  5. (geometry)volume
  6. (set theory)Von Neumann universe
  7. (music)majordominanttriad
  8. (linguistics)Awildcardfor avowel
  9. (Voice Quality Symbols)voice(modified for the kind of voice: 'nasal voice', 'harsh voice', etc.)
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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions of V, in roman and italic type
    Uppercase and lowercase versions ofV,in roman and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur
    Uppercase and lowercaseVinFraktur

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Other representations of V:

English

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev,pluralVsorV's)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Englishalphabet,calledveeand written in theLatin script.

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Noun

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V(pluralVsorV's)

a V of migrating geese
  1. (grammar)Abbreviationofvocative case.
  2. (linguistics)Abbreviationofverb.
  3. (euphemistic)Vagina.
  4. Abbreviationofvowel.
  5. Abbreviationofvelocity.
  6. (slang,countable)Viagra.
    • 2017,James Wharton,Something for the Weekend‎[1],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 theVsin 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, page149:
      She watched him through the perfectVbetween the seats for the rest of the journey.
    1. A flyingskeinofgeesewhich have placed themselves in a V-shaped formation.

Derived terms

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(velocity):

Preposition

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V

  1. (stenoscript)Abbreviationofover,prefixover-.

Symbol

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V

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

References

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

Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name):IPA(key):/fɪə/

Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Afrikaansalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Noun

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V(pluralV's,diminutiveV'tjie)

  1. V

Azerbaijani

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Vupper case(lower casev)

  1. The thirtiethletterof the Azerbaijanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-thirdletterof the Basquealphabet,calleduveand written in theLatin script.

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  • Used chiefly in recent loanwords and foreign proper nouns.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /v/is from West Germanic stem-internal*band*f;from stem-initial*faround Aachen and in the Netherlands.
  • For the origin of/f/,seeF.For the origin of/ʋ/,seeW.

Pronunciation

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  • /v/,(German-based also)/f/,/ʋ/

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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

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Systems for the use of V
  • In the German-based spelling of Moselle Franconian,vis used instead of regularworfonly after the German cognate.
  • In the German-based spelling of Ripuarian (without Aachen region), initialvis used as above, but internalvis the regular spelling for/v/.
  • In Aachen and the Netherlands there is a threefold phonemic distinction betweenw/ʋ/,v/v/,f/f/,which the spelling reflects.
Doubling of V and use in the syllable coda
  • In the German-based spelling,vis 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 betweenvandfmay be based on internal analogy, but more often follows the German cognate.
  • In the Dutch-based spelling,vis doubled after short vowels. Codavis automatically replaced withf.

Chinese

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Etymology 1

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FromEnglishvolt.

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Classifier

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V

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

Etymology 2

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FromJapaneseVTuber(bui-chūbā)orEnglishVTuber.

Pronunciation

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This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with theIPAthen please add some!
Particularly: “Mandarin”

Noun

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V

  1. (fandomslang)virtual YouTuber;VTuber
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Etymology 3

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FromVi(wēi),short forVi tín(Wēixìn,“WeChat”).

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Verb

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V

  1. (Internetslang)tosend(money) overWeChat
    VNgã50―wēiwǒ 50―sendme 50 yuanover WeChat

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Pronunciation 1

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Note:fi1 - Hong Kong only.
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V

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

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V

  1. The twenty-second letter used inPinyin.
Usage notes
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  • 《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》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 ofV,《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》defines its pronunciation asㄪㄝ,using the initialㄪ(vō/⁠v⁠/),which is obsolete in standard Mandarin. This is one of the only instances of the letter being used in standard Pinyin.

Dutch

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V(capital,lowercasev)

  1. the twenty-second letter of the Dutch alphabet

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  • Previous letter:U
  • Next letter:W

Esperanto

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Esperantoalphabet,calledvoand written in theLatin script.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andVfor information on the development of the glyph itself. The letter was only rarely used prior to the 19th century, when it replacedW.

Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledveeand written in theLatin script.

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compounds

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German

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Etymology

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For the origin of the letter, seev.

Orthography and pronunciation

Germanicfwas pronounced[v]in some dialects ofMiddle High Germanand was predominantly speltv.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 tofaccordingly. This always happened beforel, r, u, ü,but otherwise there remains a number of relicts. These are the prefixver-,the wordsFrevel,Vater,Vetter,Vieh,viel,vier,Vogel,Volk,voll,von,vor,and their derivatives.

In native German proper nouns, initialVis 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).

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

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Germanalphabet,calledVauand written in theLatin script.

Hungarian

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The thirty-eighthletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledvéand written in theLatin script.

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative V V-k
accusative V-t V-ket
dative V-nek V-knek
instrumental V-vel V-kkel
causal-final V-ért V-kért
translative V-vé V-kké
terminative V-ig V-kig
essive-formal V-ként V-kként
essive-modal — —
inessive V-ben V-kben
superessive V-n V-ken
adessive V-nél V-knél
illative V-be V-kbe
sublative V-re V-kre
allative V-hez V-khez
elative V-ből V-kből
delative V-ről V-kről
ablative V-től V-ktől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		V-é V-ké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		V-éi V-kéi
Possessive formsofV
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. V-m V-im
2nd person sing. V-d V-id
3rd person sing. V-je V-i
1st person plural V-nk V-ink
2nd person plural V-tek V-itek
3rd person plural V-jük V-ik

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Icelandic

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V(lower casev)

  1. The twenty-sixthletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Ido

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V(lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Idoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Irish

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The nineteenthletterof the Irishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Italian

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ItalianWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediait

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Vform(invariable,upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twentiethletterof the Italianalphabet,calledvuorviand written in theLatin script.

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References

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  1. ^VinLuciano Canepari,Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Japanese

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JapaneseWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediaja

Etymology

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FromEnglishvictory.

Noun

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V(ブイ)•(bui)

  1. victoryinchampionship

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Khoekhoe

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Letter

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V(lower casev)

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

Latin

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Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. A letter in theLatin alphabet,representing the consonant /w/ (later /v/) and the vowels /u/ and /uː/

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  • Historical Latin texts did not distinguish the consonantal and vocalic readings of this letter orthographically. In modern texts and editions of older texts, the vowels are typically written ⟨U⟩ and ⟨Ū⟩ rather than with ⟨V⟩.

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Latvian

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LatvianWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipedialv

Etymology

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs,which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur,and sporadically inCyrillic.

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V

V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The thirty-firstletterof the Latvianalphabet,calledvēand written in theLatin script.

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Malay

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MalayWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediams

Pronunciation

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

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V

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Mandarin

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Romanization

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V

  1. Nonstandardspelling ofÜ.

Usage notes

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  • In Hanyu Pinyin, the letter v is unused, except for the official pronunciation of the letterV.However, the ease of typing into a computer means that it is sometimes used in place ofÜ.

Norwegian

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V(upper caseV,lower casev)

  1. the 22th letter of the Norwegian alphabet

Usage notes

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In older texts may be replaced byw,u,fu,ffv,fw,fforfv.

Nupe

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-sixthletterof the Nupealphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Portuguese

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Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Portuguesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Romani

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. (International Standard)The twenty-ninthletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax)The thirtiethletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Romanian

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledveorvîand written in theLatin script.

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Russian

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The V symbol used by the Russian military.
EnglishWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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Sense 2 was derived fromвосток(vostok,“east, eastern Ukraine”).Like the Z sign, the V sign was initially used for vehicles targeted towards Kyiv, and later popularised by the Russian government on social media as a rallying symbol.

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V(lower casev)

  1. the Roman letterV,v
    Synonym:вэ(vɛ)
  2. (The addition ofquotationsindicative of this usage is being sought:)(politics)adogwhistlefor supporting the2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
    • #силаVправде(hashtag using V by Russian nationalists in support for war against Ukraine)
      #silaVpravde
      "our strength is in truth"
    • ZOV(a symbol combining Z and O, more symbols used on Russian tanks, used by the Russian government and some online users in support for war against Ukraine)
      ZOV(may also be interpreted asзов,or "call forth [to war]" )

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Russian nationalists replace instances of the Cyrillic letterВ(V)with Roman V in some words and usernames.

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Skolt Sami

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Pronunciation

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V(lower casev)

  1. The thirty-secondletterof the Skolt Samialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Slovene

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SloveneWikipediahas an article on:
Wikipediasl

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V(capital,lowercasev)

  1. The twenty-thirdletterof the Slovenealphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. The thirty-firstletterof the Slovenealphabet(Resian), written in theLatin script.
  3. The twenty-fourthletterof the Slovenealphabet(Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

Spanish

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. the 23rd letter of the Spanish alphabet

Swedish

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Alternative forms

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  • ve(spelled out)

Etymology

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BorrowedfromLatinV.First attested in 1602.[1]

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. the 22nd letter of the Swedish alphabet
    1. (historical)the 21st letter of the Swedish alphabet(whenIandJwas not viewed as separate letters)
    2. (historical)the 20th letter of the Swedish alphabet(whenUandVwas not viewed as separate letters)

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  • The letterWis sometimes seen as an alternative form ofVand not a separate letter.
    • In some situations, such as in URLs, the pronunciation of the separate letterWis identical to that ofV.
    • Since 2006 the letterWhas been categorised as a separate letter by the dictionarySvenska Akademins Ordlista(SAOL). Before that, it was viewed as a variant of the letterVand sorted thereunder.[2]

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V?(genitiveV:s)

  1. AbbreviationofVänsterpartiet(“Left Party”).

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  1. ^VinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)
  2. ^21 April 2006,Svenska språket har fått en ny bokstav(The Swedish language has received a new letter) in SVT Nyheter.

Tagalog

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromSpanishV.Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishV.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishV.

Pronunciation

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  • (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)

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V(upper case,lower casev,Baybayin spellingᜊᜒ)

  1. The twenty-fourthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledviand written in theLatin script.
  2. (historical)The twenty-fifthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledveand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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  • This letter is mostly used only in proper nouns, unadapted loanwords, or Spanish-based spellings.
  • Some purists of Tagalog replaceVin words withB.

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Further reading

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  • “V”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Turkish

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Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledveand written in theLatin script.

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Vietnamese

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-seventhletterof the Vietnamesealphabet,calledvêorvờand written in theLatin script.

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Zulu

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Letter

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V(upper case,lower casev)

  1. The twenty-secondletterof the Zulualphabet,written in theLatin script.

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