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v | flatmate |

As a letter v

is the twenty-second letter of the.

As a symbol v

is the volt in the international system of units.

As a noun flatmate is

a person with whom one shares a flat.

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 .
    • See also
    (Latn-script) * (select symbols) * (other scripts) Cyrillic * (wikipedia "v")

    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) *

    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 ----

    flatmate

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A person with whom one shares a flat.
  • * 2002 , Elaine Lally, At Home with Computers , page 149,
    • Yet when both Regine and her flatmate' are at home they tend to spend their time in their rooms, although Regine (and probably the ' flatmate too) tends to spend more time in the communal areas of the flat when the other is not at home.
  • * 2007 , C. N. Barton, The Cambridge Diaries: A Tale of Friendship, Love and Economics , page 121,
    • “So, it would probably [be] best if we could find another flatmate and go for a flat of five, and if old Chip does pull out, at least we can then drop down to a flat of four. What do you reckon?”
  • * 2011 , Ghada Osman, A Journey in Islamic Thought: The Life of Fathi Osman , page 63,
    • Kamal moved Fathi?s things into his own room, and the two became flatmates .
    The apartment in which Kamal lived was spacious, with several large rooms and various flatmates .
  • (UK, NZ) A person with whom one shares a rental property, not necessarily a flat.
  • * 1993 , Beryl Fletcher, The Iron Mouth , page 190,
    • It had been weeks since all the flatmates had sat down together for a meal. Communication was breaking down. Written notes had begun to appear all over the house; please don?t touch this food, I bought it especially for Hermione .
  • * 2003 , Jen Birch, Congratulations! It?s Asperger Syndrome , page 51,
    • One night, one of the flatmates (the one who owned the house) was ranting and raving all night about her girlfriend.
  • * 2007 , CCH New Zealand, Top 100 Questions and Answers on Taxing Land Transactions , page 97,
    • The position may have been different when your client was living in the house with the flatmates .

    See also

    * housemate * roommate