v
Translingual
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Etymology 1
Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .
Letter
The twenty-second letter of the .
Etymology 2
Lower case form of upper case roman numeral V, from abbreviation of IIII? or IIIIV (representing 5), from tally stick markings resembling \\\\? or ////?, from the practice of designating each fifth notch with a double cut, like the corresponding Western tally mark,
Alternative forms
* V,
Numeral
cardinal number five (5).
See also
* Previous: iv (4)
* Next: vi (6)
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Etymology 3
Symbol
(head)
velocity
).
See also
{{Letter
, page=V
, NATO=Victor
, Morse=···–
, Character=V
, Braille=?
}}
Image:Latin V.png, Capital and lowercase versions of V , in normal and italic type
Image:Fraktur letter V.png, Uppercase and lowercase V in Fraktur
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