ve

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ve"

English

Etymology

Proposed by writer Keri Hulme.

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /vi/
• Homophones: V, v, vee
• Rhymes: -iː

Pronoun

ve (third-person singular, nominative case, accusative ver, possessive adjective vis, possessive noun vers, reflexive verself)

1. (neologism, epicene) they (singular). Gender-neutral third-person singular subject pronoun.

See also

• other attested and proposed gender-neutral pronouns

Anagrams

• E.V., EV, eV, μeV

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Old Tosk *vae, from Old Albanian voe (compare Gheg vo), from Latin ōvum, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

ve f

1. egg

Etymology 2

Vowel shortened from dialectal vē (identical to plural), from dialectal vejë, from Proto-Albanian *widewā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁widʰéwh₂ (compare English widow, Latin vidua).

Noun

ve f

1. widow

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Catalan

Noun

ve f (plural ves)

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

Derived terms

• ve baixa
• ve doble

Usage notes

In some dialects of Catalan, the sounds associated with the letter b and the letter v are the same: [β]. In order to differentiate the names be and ve in those dialects, the letters are often called be alta (“high B”) and ve baixa (“low V”).

Verb

ve

1. third-person singular present indicative form of venir

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɛ/

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Preposition

ve

1. in

Usage notes

• The more usual form is v, while ve is used before words starting with f, v, w and certain consonant clusters.

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Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vei, from Proto-Germanic *wai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veːˀ/, [ˈʋeːˀ]
• Rhymes: -eːˀ

Noun

ve (singular definite veen, plural indefinite veer)

1. pain
2. contraction of labour, birth pang

Declension

Declension of ve

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ve	veen	veer	veerne
genitive	ves	veens	veers	veernes

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from German weh. Compare also Latin vae.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve/

Interjection

ve

1. alas, woe

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Faroese

Etymology

Ultimately, from Latin vē.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/

Noun

ve n (genitive singular ves, plural ve)

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

Declension

Declension of ve
n3	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ve	veið	ve	veini
accusative	ve	veið	ve	veini
dative	vei	veinum	veum	veunum
genitive	ves	vesins	vea	veanna

Synonyms

• (archaic) vaff, vavv

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

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Galician

Verb

ve

1. inflection of ver:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Ido

Etymology

From Esperanto ve, from English woe and German weh.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve/, /vɛ/

Noun

ve (plural ve-i)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, be, ce, che, de, e, fe, ge, he, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, pe, que, re, se, she, te, u, ve, we, xe, ye, ze

Interjection

ve

1. alas, oh dear

   Ve! Me obliviis la furnelo acendite!

   Oh dear! I forgot the stove on!

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Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ve

1. Alternative form of vi (“to you”)

   Ve lo consiglio ― I recommend it (to you)

See also

Italian personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Locative	Genitive	Disjunctive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m'			—		me
	second	—	tu	ti, t'					te
	third	m	lui	si,2 s'	lo, l'	gli	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	lui, sé
		f 1	lei, Lei		la, l', La	le,3 Le			lei, Lei, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c'			—		noi
	second	—	voi	vi, v'					voi
	third	m	loro, Loro	si, s'	li	gli, loro (formal), Loro	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'	loro, Loro, sé
		f 1			le
1	The feminine gender forms are also used as formal terms of address, often capitalised as Lei, Loro etc. to distinguish them.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	In informal speech sometimes replaced with gli (nonstandard).

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Japanese

Romanization

ve

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぇ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ヴェ

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Neapolitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve/
• Rhymes: -e

Pronoun

ve

1. you (formal or plural, reflexive or dative or accusative)

Coordinate terms

Number	Person	Nominative	Accusative	Dative	Reflexive	Possessive	Prepositional
singular	first-person	io (i')	me			mìo, mìa, mieje, meje	me, méne
	second-person, familiar	tu	te			tùjo, tòja, tùoje, tòje	te, téne
	second-person, formal	vuje	ve			vuósto, vósta, vuóste, vóste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsso	'o, 'u (lo, lu)	'i, 'e (li, le)	se	sùjo, sòja, sùoje, sòje	ìsso
	third-person, feminine	éssa	'a (la)	'e (le)			éssa
plural	first-person	nuje	ce			nuósto, nòsta, nuóste, nòste	nuje
	second-person, plural	vuje	ve			vuósto, vòsta, vuóste, vòste	vuje
	third-person, masculine	ìsse	'i, 'e (li, le)	llòro	se	llòro (invariable)	llòro
	third-person, feminine	llòro	'e (le)

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Serbo-Croatian

Adverb

ve (Cyrillic spelling ве)

1. (Kajkavian) now

Synonyms

• sada

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋéː/
• Tonal orthography: vẹ̑

Pronoun

vé

1. you (feminine and neuter plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (feminine and neuter singular)

Declension

Declension of ve (irregular, suppletive)

singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
genitive	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
dative	méni, mi	tébi, ti	sébi, si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój, máno	tebój, tábo	sebój, sábo
possessive	mój	tvój	svój
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f, n	vídva m, védve/vídve f, n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe, se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe, se
dative	náma	váma	sébi, si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój, sábo
possessive	nájin	vájin	svój
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f, n	ví m, vé f, n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi, si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój, sábo
possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f		medve, midve	me
2nd person	familiar	m	ti	vidva	vi
		f		vedve, vidve	ve
	polite	m	vi	vidva	vi
		f	vi	vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /be/
• Homophone: be

Verb

ve

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ver.
2. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ver.
3. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ver.
4. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ir.
5. (Latin America) Informal second-person singular (voseo) affirmative imperative form of ir.

Usage notes

• The voseo imperative of ir is typically replaced with the imperative of andar, that is andá.

Noun

ve f (plural ves)

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

Synonyms

• uve
• ve corta

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish ve, from Old Norse vei, væ, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with Danish ve, Icelandic vei, Old Saxon and Middle High German wê, German weh, Dutch wee, Old English wá, English woe, and also Latin vae. The interjection is original in Old Swedish. The noun might have appeared from that interjection or by loan from Middle Low German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/
• Homophone: V (the letter)
• Rhymes: -eː

Interjection

ve

1. woe, pity you!

   ve dig!

   ack och ve!

Noun

ve n

1. woe, misery

   ditt väl och ve

   your weal and woe, your fortune and misery

Declension

Declension of ve

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ve	ve	ve	ve
genitive	ves	ves	ves	ves

Related terms

• veklaga
• veklagan
• vemod
• verop

References

• ve in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
• ve in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)
• ve in Svenska Akademiens Ordlista över svenska språket (13th ed., online)

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Turkish

Etymology

From Persian وَ‎ (wa-).

Conjunction

ve

1. and

Noun

ve

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) harf; a, be, ce, çe, de, e, fe, ge, yumuşak ge, he, ı, i, je, ke, le, me, ne, o, ö, pe, re, se, şe, te, u, ü, ve, ye, ze

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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sw(e)r

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɛ˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɛ˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲɛ˧˧]
• Homophone: de

Noun

(classifier con) ve (蟡)

1. cicada

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Westrobothnian

Etymology 1

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʋéː], [wéː]

  Rhymes: -éː

Pronoun

ve

1. First person plural pronoun; we (singular jig, jeg).

Declension

Westrobothnian personal pronouns

number	first person	second person	reflexive	third person
case	singular			singular masculine	singular feminine	singular neuter
nominative	jig, jeg, jög	du, döu		hɑnn, hånn	hu, ho, hon	he
accusative	meg	deg	seg		hana, na, a, hänner	he, ne, e
dative	meg	deg	seg	hönöm, hano, håno	hannar, hänner, hennar, henar, nar	dy, dyij, di
genitive	min	din	sin	hɑnʃ, hansches, hånsch	hannars, hännars, hennars, henars	diss
case	plural			plural masculine	plural feminine	plural neuter
nominative	ve	gje, je, ji		de, di, dȯm, dem, döm
accusative	ass, åss	gje, je, ji, jedar, idar	seg
dative	ass, åss	gjerom, irom	seg	dȯm, dem, döm, do
genitive	vor, våor, voden	jera, jedar, idar	sin	dern, dera, däris	dera, däris	derä

Alternative forms

• we
• vä
• wä

Etymology 2

Preposition

ve

1. Alternative form of wä