English spellings/Catalogs/V

V = Vêe person

váccine *váxín, cf. '''tóxin

vácûous *vákyûwəss

vácûum *váckyûme

vâin proud = vâne weather = vèin blood

'''válue

'''válve

'''Vancoûver

ván Gogh AmE = ván gô, BrE *ván Góff = ván + '''Góugh

'''vápid

vâpour AmE '''vâpor

vãry cf. véry: in the latter, é not followed by schwa

vàse BrE *vàz, AmE *vâyss, rhyming with '''bâse

vással slave = Vássall person, cf. véssel, minimal pair

Våughan = Våughn *Våwn

Vauxhall *Vóxåll

'''vêer

végetable -jt-

vêhement - -he- as schwa: *vìəmənt

vêhicle - -hi- as schwa: *vìəcle

vèil face = vâle valley

vèin blood = vâin proud = vâne weather

Venêtian -êshən

Venezuèla *Venezwâyla

véngeance *vénjance, cf. '''vindíctive

Véníce *Vénnis, rhyming with '''ténnis

vénison - i can be silent; s can sound like 'z'

'''vénûe

Vênus planet = vênous ''vein

'''verbâtim

'''verbôse

vermílion -l-, cf. '''míllion

Vérsaîlles *Vãir-sŷe

vërsion BrE -sh-, AmE -zh-

vërsus against *vërssəss ≈ vërses verse *vërsíz

véry *vérry, cf. vãry, longer sound

véterinary *vétinary

'''véx

'''vîa

'''vicãrious

vîce-président may appear without a hyphen: vîce président, perhaps suggesting ‘president of vice’

vichyssoise *víshy-swàz

vícious *víshus, cf '''víscous

víctual *víttle

Viénna Vì-

Viennêse Vìə-

Vietnām Vìət-, one word, formerly two

vieŵ rendundant i: *vyû, *veŵ, cf. feŵ, etc.

vieŵpoint one word

'''vígorous

vígour BrE; AmE vígor, BrE rhyming with '''fígure

vîle nasty = Weîll ''Kurt

vílify from vîle, one '''l

víllage -íj

víllain -an

'''vindaloô

vindíctive cf. '''véngeance

'''vîne

'''vínegar

'''víneyard

vînyl *vînəl

viôla music

vîola plant = Vîola person

'''vîolate

'''vîolent

'''vîolet

violín (vî-)

'''Vïrgo

vïrtue good = Vërtue person

vis-a-vìs, or with French accent vis-à-vis *vizavêe

vísceral *vísseral

víscous -sk-, cf. vícious -sh-

'''vísible

vísion *vízhən

vítamin BrE; AmE '''vîtamin

Vívian = Vývyan = Vívien = Vývien = '''Vívienne

'''vódka

'''vólley

vôlt

'''vôlte-fáce

'''voluntêer

* vŷnil '''vînyl