vé

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

vé n (indeclinable)

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

Further reading

• vé in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu
• vé in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ve/

Etymology 1

Noun

vé m (plural vés)

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

Derived terms

• double vé

Etymology 2

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

Noun

vé m (plural vés)

1. calf

   Synonym: veau

   • 1881, “A B C D”, in French Nursery Rhymes:

     La vache a fait le vé; / Le vé s’est ensauvé, / La vache a pleuré; / Le vé est revenu, / La vache a rizu; / Saura té.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Occitan vei!, imperative of veire (“to see”).

Interjection

vé!

1. (Marseille) look!
   • 1995, Jean-Claude Izzo, Total Khéops:

     J’ai un ami, Toni, enfin un copain. Parce que, vé, on est pas intimes, vous comprenez.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Further reading

• “vé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: vé
• Rhymes: -veː

Noun

vé

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

Declension

Derived terms

• dupla vé

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) betű; a, á, bé, cé, csé, dé, dzé, dzsé, e, é, eff, gé, gyé, há, i, í, jé, ká, ell, ellipszilon / elly / ejj, emm, enn, enny, o, ó, ö, ő, pé, kú, err, ess, essz, té, tyé, u, ú, ü, ű, vé, dupla vé / vevé, iksz, ipszilon, zé, zsé. (See also: Latin script letters.)

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɛː/

  Rhymes: -ɛː

Noun

vé n (genitive singular vés, nominative plural vé)

1. sanctuary

Declension

Derived terms

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vʲeː/

Noun

vé

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) litir; á, bé, cé, dé, é, eif, gé, héis, í, jé, cá, eil, eim, ein, ó, pé, cú, ear, eas, té, ú, vé, wae, ex, yé, zae
• Note: The English names are also widely used by Irish speakers.

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French veut (“wants”).

Verb

vé

1. to want

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old Norse

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *wīhą (“sacred area, sanctuary”).

Noun

vé n (genitive vés)

1. (Germanic paganism) sanctuary
2. mansion, house

Declension

Coordinate terms

• hof (“temple; roofed cult site”)
• hǫrgr (“outdoors cult site”)

Related terms

• vígja (“to hallow, sanctify”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: vé
• Norwegian Nynorsk: ve
• Norwegian Bokmål: ve
• Old Swedish: vī (only in place-names)
  • Swedish: vi
• Old Danish: wī (only in place-names)
  • Danish: vi
• Old Gutnish: wí
• ⇒ Old Norse: Óðinsvé
  • Icelandic: Óðinsvé
  • Danish: Odense
    • → English: Odense

References

• vé in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.
• Ásgeir Blöndal Magnússon — Íslensk orðsifjabók, (1989). Reykjavík, Orðabók Háskólans. (Available on Málið.is under the “Eldra mál” tab.)

Etymology 2

Noun

vé n (genitive vés)

1. banner, standard

   framm óðu vé

   standards stormed forth

Romagnol

Noun

vé m or f (invariable)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) lètra; a, bé, cé, dé, e, ëffe, ge, àcca / àca, i, i lóng, càpa, ëlle, èmme, ènne, o, pé, cu, ërre, ësse, té, u, vé, dópi vé / dópi vu / vu dópi, ics, i gréc / ìpsilon, zéta

Spanish

Verb

vé

1. (obsolete) second-person singular imperative of ver

Tarantino

Verb

vé

1. second/third-person singular present indicative of andare

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): ~

Noun

(classifier tấm, tờ, chiếc) vé • (派)

1. ticket

   vé một lượt ― one-way ticket

Usage notes

• The usage of chiếc as the classifier for this noun seems to be more common in Northern Vietnam.

See also