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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 (which is not normally spelt out, like c. = cïrca)
váccine *váxín, cf. tóxin
vácûous *vákyûwəss
vácûum *váckyûme
*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 (usually abbreviated to v. or vs.) *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
vódka
Vólkswagen can be German-style *Fôlksvàgen, or somewhere in between
vólley
vôlt
vôlte-fáce
voluntêer
vuvuzéla
*vŷnil vînyl