# vee
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈviː/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Homophone: ve
* Rhymes: -iː

### Noun

vee (plural vees)
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.
** 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:Gussa-Merry-Mingo-Pip-Perry-Pingo is the name of the little old man who looks after the aitch-oh-vee-ee-ar-cee-ay-ar-pee-ee-tee-blank-ar-eye-dee-ee-ess.
** 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
    RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor".
* Something with the shape of the letter V.
** 1989, Grant Naylor, Red Dwarf:One of [the men] took up both spaces on the pink sofa, while the other two drew up chairs from a nearby table and squeezed into them. The armrests were forced out into a tired vee, to the accompaniment of an uneasy creaking sound.
** 2013, Nancy Springer, We Don't Know Why:The river leapt and rippled like a lizard. Geese flew over in a vee, crying to the sky.
** 2019 December 4, Philip Haigh, “Trains, tickets and tests: LNER outlines its targets”, in Rail, page 62:York's new railway offices are rather smart, tucked into the vee of York South Junction where the freight lines diverge to avoid the station.
* (cricket) The arc of the field, forward of the batsman, from cover to midwicket, in which drives are played.
* (cricket) The V-shaped joint between the lower end of the handle and the blade of the bat.
* A polyamorous relationship between three people, in which one person has two partners who are not themselves romantically or sexually involved.
* (computing, typography) A unit of vertical spacing, typically corresponding to the height of an ordinary line of text.

#### Derived terms

* Empty-Vee
* jayvee
* teevee
* three-vee
* Vee Dub
* veejay
* veep, veepee

#### Translations

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#### See also

* (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed

### Verb

vee (third-person singular simple present vees, present participle veeing, simple past and past participle veed)
* To form something into a "v" shape, particularly as part of a welding, machining, or manufacturing process.
** 1925, Oxweld Acetylene Company, The Oxwelder's Manual: Instructions for Welding and Cutting, page 166:As the metal melts it is veed out with the paddle for about 2 in.
** 2005, Richard Finch, Performance Welding Handbook, page 83:Use a die grinder to vee out the crack or to remove pounded-out metal where the valve seat came loose.

### See also

* say la vee (etymologically unrelated)

### Anagrams

* EVE, EeV, Eve, eve

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch vêe, from Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”). Cognate to English fee.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /veː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: vee
* Rhymes: -eː

### Noun

vee n (uncountable)
* (collective) livestock, cattle
    Het vee graast in de weide.The livestock is grazing in the pasture.
    De boerderij houdt vee voor zowel melk als vlees.The farm keeps cattle for both milk and meat.
    Ze handelen in vee, voornamelijk schapen en geiten.They trade in livestock, mainly sheep and goats.

#### Derived terms

* dansvee
* fokvee
* grootvee
* hoornvee
* kiesvee
* klapvee
* kleinvee
* melkvee
* pluimvee
* rundvee
* scharrelvee
* slachtvee
* stemvee
* trekvee
* veeboer
* veehouder
* veestapel
* veesterfte
* veeziekte
* vleesvee
* zoogvee
* zuivelvee

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: vee
* Negerhollands: vee

### Further reading

* “vee” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

## Estonian
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

vee
* genitive singular of vesi

## Finnish
### Etymology

From Swedish ve (“name of the letter V”). Similar names are also found in other European languages, such as English vee, French vé and Latvian vē. It is ultimately formed by analogy with Latin letter names such as bē for B, but it is unknown in which this language took place.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋeː/, [ˈʋe̞ː]
* Rhymes: -eː
* Hyphenation: vee

### Noun

vee
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

#### Declension

Possessive forms of vee (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
veeni
veeni
accusative
nom.
veeni
veeni
gen.
veeni
genitive
veeni
veideni veitteni
partitive
veetäni
veitäni
inessive
veessäni
veissäni
elative
veestäni
veistäni
illative
veeheni
veihini
adessive
veelläni
veilläni
ablative
veeltäni
veiltäni
allative
veelleni
veilleni
essive
veenäni
veinäni
translative
veekseni
veikseni
abessive
veettäni
veittäni
instructive
comitative
—veineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
veesi
veesi
accusative
nom.
veesi
veesi
gen.
veesi
genitive
veesi
veidesi veittesi
partitive
veetäsi
veitäsi
inessive
veessäsi
veissäsi
elative
veestäsi
veistäsi
illative
veehesi
veihisi
adessive
veelläsi
veilläsi
ablative
veeltäsi
veiltäsi
allative
veellesi
veillesi
essive
veenäsi
veinäsi
translative
veeksesi
veiksesi
abessive
veettäsi
veittäsi
instructive
comitative
—veinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
veemme
veemme
accusative
nom.
veemme
veemme
gen.
veemme
genitive
veemme
veidemme veittemme
partitive
veetämme
veitämme
inessive
veessämme
veissämme
elative
veestämme
veistämme
illative
veehemme
veihimme
adessive
veellämme
veillämme
ablative
veeltämme
veiltämme
allative
veellemme
veillemme
essive
veenämme
veinämme
translative
veeksemme
veiksemme
abessive
veettämme
veittämme
instructive
comitative
—veinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
veenne
veenne
accusative
nom.
veenne
veenne
gen.
veenne
genitive
veenne
veidenne veittenne
partitive
veetänne
veitänne
inessive
veessänne
veissänne
elative
veestänne
veistänne
illative
veehenne
veihinne
adessive
veellänne
veillänne
ablative
veeltänne
veiltänne
allative
veellenne
veillenne
essive
veenänne
veinänne
translative
veeksenne
veiksenne
abessive
veettänne
veittänne
instructive
comitative
—veinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
veensä
veensä
accusative
nom.
veensä
veensä
gen.
veensä
genitive
veensä
veidensä veittensä
partitive
veetään veetänsä
veitään veitänsä
inessive
veessään veessänsä
veissään veissänsä
elative
veestään veestänsä
veistään veistänsä
illative
veehensä
veihinsä
adessive
veellään veellänsä
veillään veillänsä
ablative
veeltään veeltänsä
veiltään veiltänsä
allative
veelleen veellensä
veilleen veillensä
essive
veenään veenänsä
veinään veinänsä
translative
veekseen veeksensä
veikseen veiksensä
abessive
veettään veettänsä
veittään veittänsä
instructive
comitative
—veineen veinensä :

#### Derived terms

* veemäinen
* kaksoisvee
* tuplavee
* yksöisvee

### Anagrams

* eve

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch fē, from Proto-West Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Germanic *fehu, from Proto-Indo-European *peḱu- (“livestock”).

### Noun

vêe f or n
* livestock (collectively)
* animal of livestock

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Alternative forms

* vie

#### Descendants

* Dutch: vee
** Afrikaans: vee
** Negerhollands: vee
* Limburgish: vieë, vieëch

### Further reading

* “vee”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vee”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

## Spanish
### Verb

vee
* inflection of veer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Võro
### Noun

vee (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])
* The name of the Latin-script letter V/v.

#### Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

#### Derived terms

* kaksisvee