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vu

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See also: VU, .vu, , , , , , , , and ʋu

Dalmatian

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Etymology

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From Latin vōs.

Pronoun

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vu

  1. (second-person plural pronoun) you, you all, ye
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Esperanto

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Noun

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vu

  1. Alternative form of vuo

Fijian

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Noun

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vu

  1. root
    Synonym: waka

French

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Etymology

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Past participle of voir. Inherited from Old French veü, from earlier vedüt, possibly corresponding to a Vulgar Latin *vidūtus in place of Latin vīsus. Compare Italian veduto, Romanian văzut.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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vu (feminine vue, masculine plural vus, feminine plural vues)

  1. past participle of voir
    J’ai vu ce film.
    I’ve seen this film.

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Preposition

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vu

  1. given (based on)
    Vu le nombre de personnes ici, il vaut mieux partir !
    Given the number of people here, we're better off leaving!

Usage notes

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As a preposition, vu is invariable, never agreeing with the element it precedes.

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Further reading

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Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French vous, Italian voi, Spanish vos, Russian вы (vy), all ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *yū́, with the Ido ending +‎ -u.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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vu (plural vi)

  1. (formal) you (singular)

Synonyms

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  • tu (informal)

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Italian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin ū (the name of the letter V).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvu/
  • Rhymes: -u
  • Hyphenation:

Noun

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vu f (invariable)

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

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Japanese

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Romanization

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vu

  1. The hiragana syllable (vu) or the katakana syllable (vu) in Hepburn romanization.

Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *ʔu¹ (Bradley). Cognate with Nuosu (vu), Burmese အူ (u).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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vu 

  1. (Yao'an) intestines

Miji

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Noun

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vu

  1. (Western or Eastern) water

References

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  • Roger Blench, Mark Post, (De)classifying Arunachal languages: Reconstructing the evidence (2011); see also Roger Blench, The Mijiic languages: distribution, dialects, wordlist and classification (2015)
  • ASJP

Prasuni

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Etymology

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From earlier *vřu, from Proto-Nuristani *upařota, derived from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hráwtas. Compare Ashkun ẓo, Kamkata-viri řu, Waigali vřu.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈβu/ (tone class B)

Noun

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vu (Pronz)[1]

  1. intestines

References

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  1. ^ Strand, Richard F. (2016) “v′u”, in Nûristânî Etymological Lexicon[1]

Serbo-Croatian

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Preposition

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vu (Cyrillic spelling ву)

  1. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, at
  2. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) to, into
  3. (Kajkavian) (+ accusative case) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
  4. (Kajkavian) (+ locative case) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

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Vietnamese

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Etymology

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Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation

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Verb

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vu

  1. to slander, to libel

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