"v" Definition

Definitions for the word "v" from multiple English dictionaries.

1.
V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, is a vocal consonant. V and U are only varieties of the same character, U being the cursive form, while V is better adapted for engraving, as in stone. The two letters were formerly used indiscriminately, and till a comparatively recent date words containing them were often classed together in dictionaries and other books of reference (see U). The letter V is from the Latin alphabet, where it was used both as a consonant (about like English w) and as a vowel. The Latin derives it from it from a form (V) of the Greek vowel / (see Y), this Greek letter being either from the same Semitic letter as the digamma F (see F), or else added by the Greeks to the alphabet which they took from the Semitic. Etymologically v is most nearly related to u, w, f, b, p; as in vine, wine; avoirdupois, habit, have; safe, save; trover, troubadour, trope. See U, F, etc.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2.
As a numeral, V stands for five, in English and Latin.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
(also v) (pl. Vs or v''s) 1 twenty-second letter of the alphabet. 2 v-shaped thing. 3 (as a roman numeral) 5.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
4. abbr.
Volt(s).
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
5. symb.
Vanadium.
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884

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