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V (Letter)

V
Latin V.svg
Spellings
Capital V
Bas-de-casse v
Use
Alphabets Latin
Order 22 th
Phonemes main / V / , / f / ...

V is the 22 thletter and the 17thconsonant in the Latin alphabet today. Originally in Latin , he was confused with u.

Summary

Origin

Proto-semiticW-01.png PhoenicianW-01.png Upsilon uc lc.svg EtruscanV-01.png RomanV-01.png
W Proto-Semitic waw Phoenician upsilon Greek V Etruscan V Roman
Likely evolution of the grapheme

Linguistics

The v is a fricative consonant sound. It is pronounced .

Coding

Computer

Radio

Audio file
V Morse

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Other

Signaling Sign language Writing
Braille
Flag Semaphore French Quebec
ICS Victor.svg Semaphore Victor.svg RSA LettreV.jpg LSQ v.jpg Braille V.svg

Miscellaneous

The letter V (confused with the U in Latin) is the cause of two famous quotes:

VENI VICI VEDI

VI VERI VNIVERSVM Vivus VICI

The character V of V for Vendetta is famous for the overuse of this letter.

See also

Latin alphabet
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Additional letters d ( ) /
With diacritical superscript: N

hook or crook: ( ) H ( )

registered: DJ ( ) pm T Z
Digraphs C. Dx Gb Kp LI Mb Mp Nd Ng Nh Nk Ns Nt Ny Nz Or Sh Th
Trigrams C'h Ngb NKP Sch Tsh
Obsolete letters s
Variants of the letter V
Superscript diacritic (hook) V (tilde)
Diacritical subscribed (palatal hook) V (DOT)

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