vee

See also: vêe

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /viː/
• Rhymes: -iː

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: ڤِي m ‎(vī) (rare, using a Kurdish letter), وِي m ‎(wī), فِي m ‎(fī)
• Catalan: ve (ca) f, ve baixa (ca) f
• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: vo (eo)
• Faroese: ve n
• Finnish: vee (fi)
• French: vé (fr) m
• Galician: uve (gl) m
• German: Vau n (read: fau)
• Hawaiian: wī
• Hindi: वी ‎(vī)
• Icelandic: vaff ‎(vuff)

• Ido: ve (io)
• Irish: vé
• Japanese: ヴィー ‎(vī), ヴイ ‎(vui, bui)
• Korean: 브이 ‎(beu-i)
• Latin: ū (la)
• Malay: vi
• Marathi: व्ही ‎(vhī)
• Portuguese: vê (pt) m
• Russian: ви (ru) n ‎(vi) (English), вэ (ru) n ‎(vɛ)
• Spanish: uve (es) f
• Thai: วี (th) ‎(wee)
• Turkish: ve (tr)
• Vietnamese: vê (vi), vờ (vi)

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} vu m, f

Anagrams

• EeV
• eve, Eve

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eː

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Etymology

From Old Dutch fē, fiu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- ‎(“livestock”).

Cognate with Low German Veeh, West Frisian fee, German Vieh, English fee, Danish fæ.

Noun

vee n ‎(uncountable)

1. livestock, cattle

Derived terms

• grootvee
• kleinvee
• melkvee
• pluimvee
• rundvee
• stemvee
• vleesvee
• zoogvee

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Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

vee ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Etymology 2

Noun

vee

1. Genitive singular form of vesi.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː/
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

vee

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

Declension

Inflection of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
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

Compounds

• kaksoisvee
• tuplavee

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Võro

Noun

vee ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

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

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kaksisvee