vi

ⅵ U+2175, ⅵ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL SIX ← ⅴ [U+2174] Number Forms ⅶ → [U+2176]

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• VI
• ↅ (obsolete)
• VJ, vj (nonstandard)
• VI. (ordinal number)

vi

1. Ⅵ, the Roman numeral six (6).
3. June.

   Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12

• Previous: ⅴ (five, 5)
• Next: ⅶ (seven, 7)

From either an abbreviation of English Vietnamese or Vietnamese Tiếng Việt.

vi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Vietnamese.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vietnamese terms

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vi

1. (music) minor submediant triad

• vi, v.i., v.i.

• IPA^(key): /ˌviː ˈaɪ/

• Audio (US):

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vi

1. (grammar, lexicography) Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb, often in dictionaries.

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

• IV

vi

1. down below

• Ross, M. & Næss, Å. (2007) “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 46, number 2. Cited in: "Äiwoo" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

• vã

Cf. the corresponding ni for noi. Compare Romanian vă. Compare also Italian vi

vi (unstressed/short accusative and reflexive form of voi)

1. (direct object, second-person plural) you (group being addressed)

• voi (stressed/long form accusative)

vi

1. (indirect object) (to) you (group being addressed)

• vau (stressed/long form dative)

• ni

From Proto-Celtic *āwyom (compare Welsh wy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

vi m

1. egg

Inherited from Old Catalan vi~vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvi]

• Audio (Valencia):

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• Rhymes: -i

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

• “vi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “vi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “vi” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From voi (“you”). Compare Italian vi and Romanian vi.

vi

1. you (plural, both direct or indirect object)

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From Latin vīvus.

• IPA^(key): /βi/

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /vi/, [ʋi]
• Rhymes: -i

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

Borrowed from Italian voi, French vous and/or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

• IPA^(key): /vi/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: vi

vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person plural and formal singular pronoun): you

   Vi batis min. ― You hit me.

2. yourselves

   Vi diras al vi. ― You say to yourselves.

From Proto-Gbe *-ví.^[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe ovi, Fon ví, Adja evi and Gun òví.

vi

1. little
2. small

vi

1. child (a son or daughter)
2. descendant

vi

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ver

• òví

From Proto-Gbe *-ví.^[1] Cognates include Saxwe Gbe ovi, Fon ví, Adja evi, Ewe vi

• IPA^(key): /ví/

ví (plural ví lɛ́ or ví lẹ́)

1. child

   Synonyms: òví, yɔ̀kpɔ́, yọ̀pọ́

vu (“you”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

vi pl

1. you (plural)

• tu
• vu

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: vì

See voi. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• -vi (enclitic)

vi

1. second-person personal plural object pronoun: you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo ― we love you

2. second-person reflexive plural: yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate ― you remember

3. (often not translated) it; about it, of it, on it

• Becomes ve when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

From Latin ibi.

vi

1. (formal) there

   Synonym: ci

2. (formal) here

   Synonym: ci

• Stylistically elevated variant of ci, only used in formal contexts.

vi f (invariable)

1. alternative form of vu

vi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヸ

vī f

1. ablative singular of vīs (“force, strength”)
2. dative singular of vīs (rare)

• “vi”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

vi

1. fire

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• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

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vi

1. we

   Hvordan kommer vi dit?

   How do we get there?

vi

1. imperative of vie

Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, from Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• me
• oss (dialectal, Trøndelag)

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

vi

1. we

vi

1. imperative of via

vi

1. eye dialect spelling of vil

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IV, VI, -iv

From Latin vīdī. Cognate with Galician vin and Spanish vi.

• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: vir (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: vi

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă )

1. to you

This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

• li
• ni

• v' (apocopic)
• -vi (enclitic)

From Latin ibi (“there; then”), from Proto-Italic *iðei or *ifei with iambic shortening, from the pronominal stem Proto-Indo-European *éy.

vi

1. here

   Synonym: zi

   1. in or at this place
   2. to or into this place
2. there

   Synonym: zi

   1. in or at that place
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[1], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 26, page 68:

        Ma pa no ilcandalizzalli, vai a mari, e getta l’amu: e piglia lu primu pesciu, chi n’alzarà: e abbrendili la bocca v’hai a incuntrà un iltateri: pigliannilu, e paga pal me, e pal te.

        But, so as to not cause them indignation, go to the sea, and cast the hook; and take the first fish that comes up; and, opening its mouth, there you will find a stater; take it, and pay for me, and for yourself.

      • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ulisse [Ulysses]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 51:

        Raramenti vi fàrani pizoni,
        si sò abbramiddi, pa’ zirchà ricattu.

        Birds seldom glide there, if they are hungry, to look for food.

   2. to or into that place
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[2], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 29, page 84:

        Ma eddu rilpundendi, dizisi: No v’ andu. Ma poi, pintiddu, v’ andesi.

        But he, answering, said: "I will not go there". But afterwards, regretful, he went there.

vi

1. (accusative) you (plural)
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[3], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 19, page 11:

     E li dizisi: Viniddi dareddu a me, e vi aggiu a fà pilcadori d’ omini.

     And he said to them: "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Puisia [Poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 19:

     […] un’oasi prupizia pa’ pudé / cu lu pientu annittavvi da li fàuri / chi vi sò già incighendi.

     A propitious oasis, so I can cleanse you with my tears from the lies that are already blinding you.

2. (dative) to you (plural)

   Abà vi diggu la veriddai ― I'll tell you the truth now (literally, “Now to you I tell the truth”)

   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, translated by Giovanni Spano, L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[4], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 14:

     Palchì vi diggu in viriddai; finza chi passia lu zelu e la terra, no ha a vinì mancu un etti, o un puntu di la leggi finza chi tuttu si cumplia.

     for truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law, until all may come to pass

     Literal Standard Version translation

3. it, to it

   no vi credu ― I don't believe it (literally, “Not to it I believe”)

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

vȋ (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))
3. (formal) you (formal singular and plural)

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

• IPA^(key): /ʋíː/

vȋ

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

• vīkati

• vide (archaic, regional)

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi/ [ˈbi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver

From Old Swedish vīr, from Old East Norse *wīʀ (compare vér), from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

• IPA^(key): /viː/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iː

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
   • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21

     Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult

     We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus

   • 1974, Lasse Tennander, “Ska vi gå hem till dig [Shall We Go to Your Place ["home to you" – idiomatic]]”, in Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre [Anything You Do, I Can Do Better [a cover album]]‎^[5], performed by Magnus Uggla:

     Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem till mig, eller var och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och ägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt?

     Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home to me], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concrete referent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of "devote"], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?

   • 1981, X Models, “Två av oss [Two of us]”‎^[6]:

     Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.

     There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är <pronoun>" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]

A standalone "That is us" is idiomatically "Det är vi" rather than "Det är oss." Compare "That is I" in (taught) English, which also uses the subject form. See the quotations above for an example.

From Old Swedish hvi, from Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, locative of *kʷís (“who”). Cognate with Old Danish hvi, Danish hvi, Old West Norse hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Old Saxon hwi, hwiu, Old High German hwiu, Middle High German wiu, German wie (“how”), Old English hwȳ, hvī, Middle English why, English why, more distantly with Latin quī (“what, who, which”).

• hvi (pre-1906 spelling)

vi

1. (archaic or poetic) why
   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Matthew 9:5

     Men när Jesus sågh theras tanckar, sadhe han, Hwj tencken j ondt j idhor hierta?

     (pre-1906 spelling) Men när Jesus såg deras tankar, sade han, Hvi tänken I ondt i edor hjerta?

     And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

   Synonym: varför

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”). Cognate with Latin victima (“offering, sacrifice”).

vi n

2. sanctuary

• viga

• vi in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• vi in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• vi in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

• -iv

Borrowed from English vee, the English name of the letter V / v.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vi/ [vɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /bi/ [bɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

vi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter V/v, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) ve

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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(classifier cái) vi

1. (anatomy, especially of sharks) alternative form of vây (“fin”)

Sino-Vietnamese word from 微.

vi

1. micro-