Lower case form of upper case roman numeralV, 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.
(superscript⟨ᵛ⟩,IPA)[v]-fricatedrelease of a plosive (e.g.[bᵛ], sometimes implying anaffricate[b͜v]);[v]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[v].
Old English lower casef from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casef of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚠ(f,“feoh”), derived from Etruscan letter𐌅(v).
Old English lower caseu from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casev of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚢ(u,“ur”), derived from Raetic letteru.
Before the 1700s, the pointed formv was written at the beginning of a word, while a rounded formu was used elsewhere, regardless of sound. So whereasvalor andexcuse appeared as in modern printing,have andupon were printedhaue andvpon. Eventually, in the 1700s, to differentiate between the consonant and vowel sounds, thev form was used to represent the consonant, andu the vowel sound.v then precededu in the alphabet, but the order has since reversed.
In legal contexts, usage is typically restricted tocase citations, and the pronunciation may be asversus,vee,against, orand, depending on the region and nature of the case.
You were actingv rude to his boyfriend on New Year's.
2006, Cathy Wield,Life After Darkness: A Doctor's Journey Through Severe Depression[1], Seattle, WA: Radcliffe Publishing,→ISBN, page109:
I'mv tired. I sleptv badly, awake from 3–6 a.m., so I've slept all afternoon.
2007, Dyan Sheldon,Deep and Meaningful Diaries from Planet Janet, Somerville, MA: Candlewick Press,→ISBN, page253:
I said it wasn't a crush, I just thought he wasv attractive.
2019 July 23, Matt Galea, “Punters Reckon Ashley Benson's New Tatt Is A Tribute To Girlfriend Cara Delevingne”, inPedestrian[2], archived fromthe original onJuly 23, 2019:
Since becoming social media official, Cara Delevingne and Ashley Benson have been sashaying around town together and beingv cute
2024 October 8, Lauren Gruber, Megan Uy, “We Found Sooo Many Viral TikTok Items on Sale for October Prime Day”, inCosmopolitan[3]:
Sometimes a trip to the spa is not in the cards, even if your gel manicure has seenwaaaay better days. These polish remover tools help cut costs and keep your natural nails lookingv nice.
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, andv for information on the development of the glyph itself.
1837, Louis Viardot,L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manchefr.Wikisource, translation ofEl 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, ilvint à l’appelerDulcinée du Toboso, parce qu’elle était native de cevillage : 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 herDulcinea 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.
v inBárczi, Géza andLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
"v", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’sGlossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
“v”, inHarry Thurston Peck, editor (1898),Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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.
⟨v⟩ is sometimes used as a substitute for⟨ü⟩ in Hanyu Pinyin-based input systems. As a result, it occasionally appears in print as well, though this is nonstandard.
There are multiple alphabets for writing Mapudungun. The letters that are not in brackets are from the unified alphabet, while the ones in brackets are from the four other alphabets.
u andv were represented by a single character in Middle French, although scholars consider them to be separate letters both in terms of usage and in terms of pronunciation.
Sylt Frisian regularly replaces ⟨w⟩ with ⟨v⟩ word-finally after a long or unstressed vowel.
Otherwise ⟨v⟩ may be retained in Latinate words, but the usual practice in all dialects (including Sylt) is to use ⟨w⟩ like in native words (e.g.witamiin for less commonvitamiin).
“v”, inSlovníkový 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
The common letter names, as well as phrases likeve de vaca are used to distinguish the letterv from the letterb. This is done because the two letters represent a single phoneme in modern Spanish, causing their traditional namesbe andve both to be pronounced as/ˈbe/.
v on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Old English lower casef from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casef of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚠ(f,“feoh”), derived from Etruscan letter𐌅(v).
Old English lower caseu from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casev of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚢ(u,“ur”), derived from Raetic letteru.
