vee

English

Noun

vee (plural vees)

1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.
2. Something with the shape of the letter V. Found in compounds such as vee-necked.

   Migrating geese fly in a vee.

3. (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Derived terms

• teevee
• veep

Translations

name of the letter V, v

• Arabic: ڤي (ar) (vii) m (rare, using a Kurdish letter), وي (ar) (wii) m, في (ar) (fii) m
• Catalan: be baixa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: vo (eo)
• Finnish: vee (fi)
• German: Vau (de) n (read: fau)
• Hawaiian: wī
• Hindi: वी (hi) (vī)

• Japanese: ヴィー (ja) (vī), ヴイ (ja) (vui, bui)
• Korean: 브이 (ko) (beui)
• Latin: ū (la)
• Malay: vi (ms)
• Marathi: व्ही (mr) (vhī)
• Portuguese: vê (pt) m
• Russian: ви (ru) (vi) n (English), вэ (ru) (ve) n
• Thai: วี (th) (wee), vอี (th) (vee), vะ (th)
• Turkish: ve (tr)
• Vietnamese: vê (vi), vờ (vi)

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• Italian: vu (it) m and f

Anagrams

• EeV
• eve, Eve

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fē, fiu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

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Noun

vee n (uncountable)

1. cattle

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Estonian

Noun

vee

1. Genitive singular form of vesi.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː
• IPA: [ʋeː]

Noun

vee

1. The name of the Latin script letter V/v.

Declension

Declension of vee (type maa) singular plural nominative vee veet genitive veen veiden veitten partitive veetä veitä accusative vee veen veet inessive veessä veissä elative veestä veistä illative veehen veihin adessive veellä veillä ablative veeltä veiltä allative veelle veille essive veenä veinä translative veeksi veiksi instructive – vein abessive veettä veittä comitative – veineen

Compounds

• kaksoisvee
• tuplavee