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Image:Latin V.png|thumb|The letter v

Etymology 1
Image:Greek uc upsilon.png|left|50px|Greek letter Υ, from which Latin V derived
Miniscule variation of Latin term|V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter term|�|trV, from Gr. letter term|scGrek|Υ|trY||Upsilon.<br clear"left"/>

Letter
infl|mul|letter|lower case||upper case|V

1. form of|lower case form|V A letter of the classical Latin alphabet and most variations thereof, including the English alphabet.

Usage notes
The letter term|v is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent a w:voiced labiodental fricative|voiced labiodental fricative (IPA|/v/).

See also
qualifier|select forms with diacritics ṽ ṿ
qualifier|select symbols � � ᵥ
qualifier|other scripts Cyrillic term|scCyrl|в|trv||ve, Greek term|scGrek|�|try||upsilon, Hebrew term|scHebr|�|trw||vav
For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "v".
See Appendix:Roman script, U, W, Y
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Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIII� 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, Image:Tally b05.svg|tally mark 5.

Alternative forms
V, �, �

Numeral
infl|mul|numeral|lower case Roman numeral||upper case|V

1. cardinal number|cardinal number five (5).

See also
Previous: iv (four|4)
Next: vi (six|6)
w:Roman numerals|Roman numerals

Etymology 3
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Symbol
infl|mul|symbol

1. physics velocity

English

Etymology
From ME. lower case letter term|v (also written term|u), from OE. lower case term|u|langang and respelling of OE. term|f|langang between vowels and voiced consonants.
Image:Rune-Feoh.png|10px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term||�|trf|feoh OE. lower case term|f|langang from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case term|f|langla of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|trf||feoh, derived from Etruscan letter term|�|tr=v.
Image:Rune-Ur.png|10px|Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term||�|tru|ur OE. lower case term|u|langang from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case term|v|langla of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter term|�|tru||ur, derived from Raetic letter term||u.

Before the 1700s, the pointed form term|v was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded form term|u was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereas term|valor and term|excuse appeared as in modern printing, term|have and term|upon were printed term||haue and term||vpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, the term|v form was used to represent the consonant, and term|u the vowel sound. term|v then preceded term|u in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|/v/
sense|letter name IPA|/vi�/ (spelled term|vee)

Letter
infl|en|letter|lower case||upper case|V

1. The twenty-second (22nd) letter of the Appendix:Roman script|English alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: u
Next letter: w

abbreviation
v or V

1. versus
2. Verb, see SVO
3. verse
4. Victim

Noun
en-noun|pl=vs or 'v's|v�s"

1. a shape resembling the letter term|v

#: The impact was so strong, it bent the bar into a v.

Czech

Pronunciation
audio|Cs-v.ogg|audio

Preposition
cs-prep

1. in
2. at (indicating time)

#: V šest hodin. -- At six o�clock.
Category:IPA symbols|V

Latin

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|lang=la|/w/, /u/ or /u�/

Letter
infl|la|letter|lower case||upper case|V

1. context|sometimes with ''littera'" The 20th letter of the Latin alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: t
Next letter: x

Category:Latin letters|V

Romanian

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|/v/|lang=ro
sense|letter name IPA|/ve/|lang=ro

Letter
infl|ro|letter|cat=alphabet|lower case||upper case|V

1. The twenty-sixth letter of the Romanian alphabet.

See also
Previous letter: u
Next letter: x

Spanish

Pronunciation
sense|phoneme IPA|lang=es|/b/
sense|letter name

• qualifier|traditional IPA|langes|['beÌ�Ë�] (spelled term|ve|langes)
• qualifier|common in most countries IPA|langes|['uË�.βÌ�eÌ�] (spelled term|uve|langes)
• qualifier|common in some countries IPA|lang=es|[Ë�beÌ� 'koÌ�ɾ.t̪ä] (term|ve corta), IPAchar|[Ë�beÌ� 'βÌ�äË�.hä] or IPAchar|[Ë�beÌ� 'βÌ�äË�.xä] (term|ve baja), term|ve pequeña, or IPAchar|[Ë�beÌ� 'ʧiË�.kä] (term|ve chica)

Letter
infl|es|letter|lower case||upper case|V

1. The twenty-fifth (25th) letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Usage notes
The common letter names, as well as phrases like term|ve de vaca are used to distinguish the letter term|v from the letter term|b|langes. This is done because the two letters represent a single phoneme in modern Spanish, causing their traditional names term|be|langes and term|ve|lang=es both to be pronounced as IPAchar|['be��].

See also
Previous letter: u
Next letter: w

an:v
cs:v
de:v
es:v
fr:v
gl:v
ko:v
hr:v
ia:v
it:v
ku:v
la:v
lt:v
hu:v
ms:v
nl:v
ja:v
pt:v
ru:v
sq:v
simple:v
sk:v
sl:v
fi:v
vi:v
tr:v

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