Abbreviation ofLatinvēna(“vein”).
v. (pluralvv.)
- (anatomy)vein
Abbreviations.
v. (notcomparable)
- Abbreviation ofvery.
v. (uncountable)
- Abbreviation ofversion.
- Abbreviation ofverb.
- Abbreviation ofverst.
1868, “Route 25:London to Pekin […] ”, inHandbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray,page329:Three stages beyond Irkutsk is Listvenitchnaya, the place of embarkation for the lake of Baikal (112v. wide and 1800v. 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 ofvictim.
v.
- (law, sports)Abbreviation ofversus.
- Synonyms:vs.,(law)v
2025 March 4, John Fritze, “Supreme Court wades into decades-old impasse over how to store nuclear waste”, inCNN[1]:Two questions are at issue in the case, NRCv. Texas.
- 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.
v.
- (uncommon, imperative) See.vide(te)
FromLatinversus(“verse”).
v. (pluralvv.)
- verse
v.
- abbreviation ofvit(“year”)
v.
- (grammar)abbreviation ofvrouwelijk(“feminine”)
v.
- abbreviation ofvan, in surnames
v.
- abbreviation ofvuosi(“year”)
- abbreviation ofvuotta(“(of the) year”)
- abbreviation ofvuonna(“in/during the year”)
- abbreviation ofvuosina(“during the years”)
- Synonym:(dated)vv.
v.
- abbreviation of-vuotias(“year-old”)
Only the final abbreviation (of-vuotias) can be pronounced asvee(“(the letter) V”), but even then only colloquially. All other abbreviations are always pronounced as the full word.
v.
- abbreviation ofvon
- abbreviation ofvom
- abbreviation ofvor
v.
- abbreviation ofvezi(“see”)
v. (Cyrillic spellingв.)
- abbreviation ofvidi(“see”)
v. (Cyrillic spellingв.)
- abbreviation ofvek/vijek(“century”)
v. c orn
- (common)abbreviation ofvecka(“week, calendar week”)
- (common)abbreviation ofversion(“version”)
- (neuter)abbreviation ofverb(“verb”)
springa (v.), röra sig snabbt- run (verb), to move quickly
- (common)abbreviation ofväg(“road”) orvägen(“the [...] road”)
K. Erikssonsv.- K. Eriksson'sRoad
Söderbrov.- The South BridgeRoad
- Regardingväg andvägen: generally, road names can be assumed to use the definite form (vägen(“the [...] road”)). An exception usually occurs when the name includes a genitive modifier (e.g.K. Erikssons), in which case the indefinite form (väg(“road”)) is typically used.
v.
- abbreviation ofvid(“by”)
finnsv. S:a Vrå k:a- foundby South Vrå church
- abbreviation ofvon(“von”)
Carlv. Linné- Carlvon Linné
v. (notcomparable)
- abbreviation ofvice(“vice-”)
