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This page lists pronunciations of English words that begin with V. To see a different letter navigate with the table above. The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z.

For a pronunciation key, click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title.^[e]

V = Vêe person

v. = vërsus

váccine *váxín, cf. tóxin

vácûous *vákyûwəss

vácûum *váckyûme

vâgue *vâig

*vâil, see vèil

vâin proud, in vain = vâne weather = vèin blood

Valdêz

vâle valley

vàlè farewell

válèt *vállây

valìse AmE *valêece, BrE valêez

Valparaìso

válue

válve

Vancoûver

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

Vanuàtu

vápid

vâper e-cigarette = BrE vâpour = AmE vâpor gas

vâporise, vâporize, cf. eváporate

vâpour BrE, AmE vâpor = vâper person

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 *véjtəbəl

vegetâtion

vêhement: -he- as schwa: *vìəmənt

vêhicle: -hi- as schwa: *vìəcle

vèil face = vâle valley

vèin blood = vâin proud = vâne weather

vénerable

venêreal

Venêtian -êeshən

Venezuèla *Venezwâyla

véngeance *vénjance, cf. vindíctive

Véníce *Vénnis, rhyming with ténnis

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

vénûe rhymes with ménu

Vênus = vênous vein

verácity truth = vorácity hunger

verbâtim

verbôse

verbôten

vërge, cf. vïrgin

vermílion -l-, cf. míllion

vernácular

Vérsaîlles *Vãir-sŷe

vërsion BrE -sh-, AmE -zh-

vërsus against *vërssəss ≈ vërses verse *vërsíz

véry *vérry, cf. vãry, longer sound

vét

véterinary *vétinary

véx

vîa, vìa

vicãrious

vîce-président BrE, no hyphen in AmE

vichyssoise *víshy-swàz

vícious *víshus, cf víscous

Víckers = vícars

víctual *víttle

Viénna Vì-

Viennêse Vìə-

Vietnām Vìət-, one word, formerly two

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

vieŵpoint one word

vígilant víj-

vigilántê víj-

vígorous

vígour BrE; AmE vígor, BrE rhyming with fígure

vîle nasty = Weîll Kurt

vilificâtion, vílify from vîle, one l

víllage -íj

víllain -an

vindaloô

vindíctive cf. véngeance

vîne

vínegar

víneyard

vînyl *vînəl, rhyming and making a minimal pair with fînal

vîol

viôla music

vîola plant = Vîola person

vîolate

vîolent

vîolet

violín (vî-)

Vïrgo

vïrtue good = Vërtue person

virtuôso

vïrtuous

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

vìsa

vísceral *vísseral

víscous -sk-, cf. vícious -sh-

vîse grip: American alternative spelling of vîce in this sense only

vísible

vísion *vízhən

vítamin BrE; AmE vîtamin

Vívian = Vývyan = Vívien = Vývien = Vívienne

Vládimìr ('Vladìmir' in Russian)

vódka

Vólkswagen can be German-style *Fôlksvàgen, or somewhere in between

vólley

vôlt

vôlte-fáce

voluntêer

vuvuzéla

*vŷnil vînyl

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
-{{subpages}}
 {{:English_spellings/Catalogs/Masterlist}}
 '''V''' = '''Vêe''' ''person''
+'''v.''' = '''vërsus'''
 '''váccine''' *váxín, cf. '''tóxin
@@ Line 9: / Line 10: @@
 '''vácûum''' *váckyûme
+'''vâgue''' *vâig
 <nowiki>*</nowiki>vâil, see '''vèil
@@ Line 21: / Line 24: @@
 '''válèt''' *vállây
+'''valìse''' AmE *valêece, BrE valêez
+'''Valparaìso'''
 '''válue
@@ Line 29: / Line 36: @@
 '''ván Gogh''' AmE = '''ván gô''',  BrE *ván Góff = '''ván''' + '''Góugh
+'''Vanuàtu
 '''vápid
+'''vâper''' ''e''-''cigarette'' = BrE '''vâpour''' = AmE '''vâpor''' ''gas''
 '''vâporise''', '''vâporize''', cf. '''eváporate
-'''vâpour''' BrE, AmE '''vâpor
+'''vâpour''' BrE, AmE '''vâpor''' = '''vâper''' ''person
 '''vãry''' cf. '''véry''': in the latter, '''é''' not followed by [[schwa]]
@@ Line 48: / Line 59: @@
 '''vêer
-'''végetable''' -jt-
+'''végetable''' *véjtəbəl
 '''vegetâtion
@@ Line 64: / Line 75: @@
 '''venêreal'''
-'''Venêtian''' -êshən
+'''Venêtian''' -êeshən
 '''Venezuèla''' *Venezwâyla
@@ Line 76: / Line 87: @@
 '''vénûe''' rhymes with '''ménu'''
-'''Vênus''' ''planet'' = '''vênous''' ''vein
+'''Vênus''' = '''vênous''' ''vein
 '''verácity''' ''truth'' = '''vorácity''' ''hunger
@@ Line 85: / Line 96: @@
 '''verbôten'''
+'''vërge''', cf. '''vïrgin
 '''vermílion''' -'''l'''-, cf. '''míllion
@@ Line 94: / Line 107: @@
 '''vërsion''' BrE -sh-, AmE -zh-
-'''vërsus''' ''against'' (often abbreviated to '''v.''' or '''vs.''') *vërssəss ≈ '''vërses''' ''verse'' *vërsíz
+'''vërsus''' ''against'' *vërssəss ≈ '''vërses''' ''verse'' *vërsíz
 '''véry''' *vérry, cf. '''vãry''', longer sound
@@ Line 127: / Line 140: @@
 '''vieŵpoint''' one word
+'''vígilant''' víj-
+'''vigilántê''' víj-
 '''vígorous
@@ Line 150: / Line 167: @@
 '''víneyard
-'''vînyl''' *vînəl
+'''vînyl''' *vînəl, rhyming and making a [[minimal pair]] with '''fînal'''
 '''vîol
@@ Line 170: / Line 187: @@
 '''vïrtue''' ''good'' = '''Vërtue''' ''person''
-'''vis-a-vìs''', or with French accent '''vis-à-vis''' *vizavêe
+'''virtuôso'''
+'''vïrtuous'''
+'''vis-a-vìs''', or with French accent '''''vis-à-vis''''' *vizavêe
+'''vìsa'''
 '''vísceral''' *vísseral
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 '''Vívian''' = '''Vývyan''' = '''Vívien''' = '''Vývien''' = '''Vívienne
+'''Vládimìr''' ('Vladìmir' in Russian)
 '''vódka
+'''Vólkswagen''' can be German-style *Fôlksvàgen, or somewhere in between
 '''vólley

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