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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee (plural vees)
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
- Something with the shape of the letter V.
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:
- One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
- 2013, Nancy Springer, We Don't Know Why
- The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.
- 2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in Rail, page 62:
- York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.
- (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played
- A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
name of the letter V, v
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See also[edit]
- (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
Anagrams[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee n (uncountable)
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- Afrikaans: vee
Estonian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Declension[edit]
Inflection of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | vee | veet | |
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | |
partitive | veetä | veitä | |
illative | veehen | veihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | vee | veet | |
accusative | nom. | vee | veet |
gen. | veen | ||
genitive | veen | veiden veitten | |
partitive | veetä | veitä | |
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 |
Possessive forms of vee (type maa) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | veeni | veemme |
2nd person | veesi | veenne |
3rd person | veensä |
Compounds[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Middle Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Noun[edit]
vêe f or n
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
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Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “vee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
- Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929) , “vee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN
Võro[edit]
Noun[edit]
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Inflection[edit]
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms[edit]
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