vee

See also: vêe, Vee, and VEE

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviː/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Homophone: ve
• Rhymes: -iː

Noun

vee (plural vees)

2. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

     Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.

   • 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5

     RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".

3. Something with the shape of the letter V.
   • 1958 June, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:

     This is a 16-cylinder unit with the cylinders arranged in vee formation, operating on the four-stroke cycle and pressure-charged by four Napier exhaust gas-driven turbo-chargers.

   • 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.

   • 2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in RAIL, page 62:

     York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.

4. (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
5. (cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
6. A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
7. (computing, typography) A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.

Derived terms

• Empty-Vee
• jayvee
• teevee
• three-vee
• vee-belt
• Vee Dub
• veejay
• veep, veepee

Translations

name of the letter V, v

• Arabic: ڤِي m (vī) (rare, using a Kurdish letter), وِي m (wī), فِي (ar) m (fī)
• Asturian: uve (ast)
• Bengali: ভি (bhi)
• Bulgarian: ве n (ve)
• Burmese: ဗွီ (bwi)
• Catalan: ve (ca) f, ve baixa (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Czech: vé (cs)
• Dutch: vee (nl)
• Esperanto: vo (eo)
• Faroese: ve n
• Finnish: vee (fi)
• French: vé (fr) m
• Galician: uve (gl) m
• German: Vau n
• Greek: βι n (vi)
• Hawaiian: wī
• Hindi: वी (vī)
• Icelandic: vaff
• Ido: ve (io)
• Indonesian: ve (id)
• Irish: vé
• Japanese: ヴィー (vī), ヴイ (vui), ブイ (ja) (bui)
• Korean: 브이 (beu'i)
• Latin: ū (la)
• Malay: vi (ms)
• Marathi: व्ही (vhī)
• Occitan: ve f
• Portuguese: vê (pt) m
• Russian: ви (ru) n (vi) (English), вэ (ru) n (vɛ)
• Spanish: ve (es) f, uve (es) f, ve chica f, ve pequeña f (Venezuela), ve corta (es) f, ve baja (es) f
• Tagalog: vi (tl)
• Thai: วี (th) (wee)
• Turkish: ve (tr)
• Vietnamese: vê (vi), vờ (vi)
• Welsh: fi f

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} vu m or f

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

Verb

vee (third-person singular simple present vees, present participle veeing, simple past and past participle veed)

1. To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.
   • 1925, Oxweld Acetylene Company, The Oxwelder's Manual: Instructions for Welding and Cutting, page 166:

     As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in.

   • 2005, Richard Finch, Performance Welding Handbook, page 83:

     Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.

See also

• say la vee (etymologically unrelated)

Anagrams

• EVE, EeV, Eve, eve

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Cognate to English fee.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vee
• Rhymes: -eː

Noun

vee n (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (collective) livestock, cattle

   Het vee graast in de weide. ― The livestock is grazing in the pasture.

   De boerderij houdt vee voor zowel melk als vlees. ― The farm keeps cattle for both milk and meat.

   Ze handelen in vee, voornamelijk schapen en geiten. ― They trade in livestock, mainly sheep and goats.

Derived terms

• dansvee
• fokvee
• grootvee
• hoornvee
• kiesvee
• klapvee
• kleinvee
• melkvee
• pluimvee
• rundvee
• scharrelvee
• slachtvee
• stemvee
• trekvee
• veeboer
• veehouder
• veestapel
• veesterfte
• veeziekte
• vleesvee
• zoogvee
• zuivelvee

Descendants

• Afrikaans: vee
• Negerhollands: vee

Further reading

• “vee” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Estonian

Etymology 1

Noun

vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

Etymology 2

Noun

vee

1. genitive singular of vesi

Finnish

Etymology

From Swedish ve (“name of the letter V”). Similar names are also found in other European languages, such as English vee, French vé and Latvian vē. It is ultimately formed by analogy with Latin letter names such as bē for B, but it is unknown in which this language took place.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋeː/, [ˈʋe̞ː]
• Rhymes: -eː
• Syllabification^(key): vee
• Hyphenation^(key): vee

Noun

vee

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

Declension

Inflection of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
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
abessive		veettä	veittä
instructive		—	vein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative veeni veeni accusative nom. veeni veeni gen. veeni genitive veeni veideni veitteni partitive veetäni veitäni inessive veessäni veissäni elative veestäni veistäni illative veeheni veihini adessive veelläni veilläni ablative veeltäni veiltäni allative veelleni veilleni essive veenäni veinäni translative veekseni veikseni abessive veettäni veittäni instructive — — comitative — veineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative veesi veesi accusative nom. veesi veesi gen. veesi genitive veesi veidesi veittesi partitive veetäsi veitäsi inessive veessäsi veissäsi elative veestäsi veistäsi illative veehesi veihisi adessive veelläsi veilläsi ablative veeltäsi veiltäsi allative veellesi veillesi essive veenäsi veinäsi translative veeksesi veiksesi abessive veettäsi veittäsi instructive — — comitative — veinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative veemme veemme accusative nom. veemme veemme gen. veemme genitive veemme veidemme veittemme partitive veetämme veitämme inessive veessämme veissämme elative veestämme veistämme illative veehemme veihimme adessive veellämme veillämme ablative veeltämme veiltämme allative veellemme veillemme essive veenämme veinämme translative veeksemme veiksemme abessive veettämme veittämme instructive — — comitative — veinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative veenne veenne accusative nom. veenne veenne gen. veenne genitive veenne veidenne veittenne partitive veetänne veitänne inessive veessänne veissänne elative veestänne veistänne illative veehenne veihinne adessive veellänne veillänne ablative veeltänne veiltänne allative veellenne veillenne essive veenänne veinänne translative veeksenne veiksenne abessive veettänne veittänne instructive — — comitative — veinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative veensä veensä accusative nom. veensä veensä gen. veensä genitive veensä veidensä veittensä partitive veetään veetänsä veitään veitänsä inessive veessään veessänsä veissään veissänsä elative veestään veestänsä veistään veistänsä illative veehensä veihinsä adessive veellään veellänsä veillään veillänsä ablative veeltään veeltänsä veiltään veiltänsä allative veelleen veellensä veilleen veillensä essive veenään veenänsä veinään veinänsä translative veekseen veeksensä veikseen veiksensä abessive veettään veettänsä veittään veittänsä instructive — — comitative — veineen veinensä

Derived terms

• veemäinen

compounds

• kaksoisvee
• tuplavee
• yksöisvee

Anagrams

• eve

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).

Noun

vêe f or n

1. livestock (collectively)
2. animal of livestock

Inflection

Strong feminine noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	vêe	-
accusative	vêe	-
genitive	vêe	-
dative	vêe	-

Strong neuter noun (irregular)

	singular	plural
nominative	vêe	-
accusative	vêe	-
genitive	vêes	-
dative	vêe	-

Alternative forms

• vie

Descendants

• Dutch: vee
  • Afrikaans: vee
  • Negerhollands: vee
• Limburgish: vieë, vieëch

Further reading

• “vee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E.; Verdam, J. (1885–1929), “vee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Spanish

Verb

vee

1. inflection of veer:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Võro

Noun

vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• kaksisvee