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See also: VU, .vu, vú, vù, vũ, Vũ, vü, vû, vŭ, and ʋu

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

vu

  1. (second-person plural pronoun) you, you all, ye

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Fijian

Noun

vu

  1. root
    Synonym: waka

French

Etymology

Past participle of voir. Inherited from Old French veü, from earlier vedüt, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *vidūtus in place of Latin vīsus. Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.

Pronunciation

Participle

vu (feminine vue, masculine plural vus, feminine plural vues)

  1. past participle of voir
    J’ai vu ce film.
    I’ve seen this film.

Derived terms

Preposition

vu

  1. given (based on)
    Vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !
    Given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!

Usage notes

As a preposition, vu is invariable, never agreeing with the element it precedes.

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Further reading

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from French vous, Italian voi, Spanish vos, Russian вы (vy), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yū́, with the Ido ending +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

vu (plural vi)

  1. (formal) you (singular)

Synonyms

  • tu (informal)

Derived terms

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    Personal pronouns in Ido
Singular Plural
Nominative Possessive Nominative Possessive
Singular Plural Singular Plural
First person  me  mea  mei  ni  nia  nii
Second person Formal  vu  vua  vui  vi  via  vii
Familiar  tu  tua  tui
Third person Masculine  ilu, il  ilua  ilui  ili  ilia  ilii
Feminine  elu, el  elua  elui  eli  elia  elii
Neuter  olu, ol  olua  olui  oli  olia  olii
Common  lu  lua  lui  li  lia  lii
Reflexive  su  sua  sui  su  sua  sui
Indefinite  onu, on  onua  onui  onu, on  onua  onui
Notes
The possessive plurals are seldom used.
The shortened forms are preferred.
The pangendered forms are preferred to the gendered or neuter forms in most scenarios.

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation: vù

Noun

vu f (invariable)

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

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Japanese

Romanization

vu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔ
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ヴ

Lolopo

Etymology

From Proto-Loloish *ʔu¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu ꃶ (vu), Burmese အူ (u).

Pronunciation

Noun

vu 

  1. (Yao'an) intestines

Miji

Noun

vu

  1. (Western or Eastern) water

References

  • Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011); see also Roger Blench, The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification (2015)
  • ASJP

Serbo-Croatian

Preposition

vu (Cyrillic spelling ву)

  1. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, at
  2. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) to, into
  3. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
  4. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Synonyms

Vietnamese

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誣.

Pronunciation

Verb

vu

  1. to slander, to libel

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Derived terms

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