v.

• V.

Abbreviation of Latin vēna (“vein”).

v. (plural vv.)

1. (anatomy) vein

Abbreviations.

v. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of very.

v. (uncountable)

1. Abbreviation of version.
2. Abbreviation of verb.
3. Abbreviation of verst.
   • 1868, “Route 25: London to Pekin […] ”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 329:

     Three stages beyond Irkutsk is Listvenitchnaya, the place of embarkation for the lake of Baikal (112 v. wide and 1800 v. long), which is crossed in a steamer, and from which passengers are landed in small boats. Fare, 8 rs. In winter the lake is crossed over the ice.

4. Abbreviation of victim.

v.

1. (law, sports) Abbreviation of versus.

   Synonyms: vs., (law) v

   Brown v. Board of Education

   • 2025 March 4, John Fritze, “Supreme Court wades into decades-old impasse over how to store nuclear waste”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     Two questions are at issue in the case, NRC v. Texas.

• In legal contexts, usage is typically restricted to case citations, and the pronunciation may be as versus, vee, against, or and, depending on the region and nature of the case.

v.

1. (uncommon, imperative) See. vide(te)

From Latin versus (“verse”).

v. (plural vv.)

1. verse

v.

1. abbreviation of vit (“year”)

v.

1. (grammar) abbreviation of vrouwelijk (“feminine”)

v.

1. abbreviation of van, in surnames

v.

1. abbreviation of vuosi (“year”)
2. abbreviation of vuotta (“(of the) year”)
3. abbreviation of vuonna (“in/during the year”)
4. abbreviation of vuosina (“during the years”)

   Synonym: (dated) vv.

v.

1. abbreviation of vuotias (“year-old”)

Only the final abbreviation (of vuotias) can be pronounced as vee (“(the letter) V”), but even then only colloquially. All other abbreviations are always pronounced as the full word.

v.

1. abbreviation of von
2. abbreviation of vom
3. abbreviation of vor

v.

1. abbreviation of vezi (“see”)

v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)

1. abbreviation of vidi (“see”)

v. (Cyrillic spelling в.)

1. abbreviation of vek/vijek (“century”)

v. c or n

1. (common) abbreviation of vecka (“week, calendar week”)

   Meny v. 43

   Menu week 43

2. (common) abbreviation of version (“version”)

   v. 1.02.3

   Version 1.02.3

3. (neuter) abbreviation of verb (“verb”)

   springa (v.), röra sig snabbt

   run (verb), to move quickly

4. (common) abbreviation of väg (“road”) or vägen (“the [...] road”)

   K. Erikssons v.

   K. Eriksson's Road

   Söderbrov.

   The South Bridge Road

• Regarding väg and vägen: generally, road names can be assumed to use the definite form (vägen (“the [...] road”)). An exception usually occurs when the name includes a genitive modifier (e.g. K. Erikssons), in which case the indefinite form (väg (“road”)) is typically used.

v.

1. abbreviation of vid (“by”)

   finns v. S:a Vrå k:a

   found by South Vrå church

2. abbreviation of von (“von”)

   Carl v. Linné

   Carl von Linné

v. (not comparable)

1. abbreviation of vice (“vice-”)

   v. VD

   vice-president