vee
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /viː/
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -iː
Noun
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.
- 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf
- (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.
Translations
name of the letter V, v
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See also
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /veː/
- Rhymes: -eː
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Derived terms
Estonian
Noun
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋeː/, [ˈʋe̞ː]
- Rhymes: -eː
Declension
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 |
Compounds
Middle Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch fē, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).
Inflection
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Alternative forms
Võro
Noun
vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
- The name of the Latin-script letter V.
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
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