V vs Wee - What's the difference?
v | wee |
The twenty-second letter of the .
cardinal number five (5).
velocity
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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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(Scotland, Northern Ireland, North England, NZ) Small, little.
* 2008 , (James Kelman), Kieron Smith, Boy , Penguin 2009, p. 73:
(colloquial, uncountable) urine
(colloquial) An act of urination.
(colloquial) To urinate.
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 wee is
.v
Translingual
{{Basic Latin character info, previous=u, next=w, image=Etymology 1
Minuscule variation of Latin V, from seventh century Old Latin adoption of Old Italic letter .Letter
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
See also
* Previous: iv (4) * Next: vi (6) *Etymology 3
Symbol
(head)See also
{{Letter , page=V , NATO=Victor , Morse=···– , Character=V , Braille=? }}wee
English
(wikipedia wee)Etymology 1
From (etyl) (15c).Adjective
(er)- I had not seen a wee' boy do it like that before. He was ' weer than me and his swimming was just like splashing about.
- You looked a little cold so I lit a wee fire.
References
* Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)Etymology 2
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(-)- to have a wee