vu

From Latin vōs.

vu

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

• voi

• ju
• te
• jal, jala
• nu
• jali, jale

• IPA^(key): /vu/
• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: vu

vu

1. alternative form of vuo

vu

1. root

   Synonym: waka

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.

• IPA^(key): /vy/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Homophones: vue, vues, vus
• Hyphenation: vu

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

1. past participle of voir

   J’ai vu ce film.

   I’ve seen this film.

• déjà-vu

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!

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

• “vu”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• IPA^(key): /vu/

vu (plural vi)

1. (formal) you (singular)

• tu (informal)

• vi

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

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

vu f (invariable)

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

• doppia vu
• tivù

• (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta

vu

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

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

• IPA^(key): [vɤ³³]

vu 

1. (Yao'an) intestines

vu

1. (Western or Eastern) water

• 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

Possibly extracted from saṃvuta, or more likely from the expected but unattested^[1] Pali present stem development *vuṇāti of Sanskrit वृणोति (vṛṇoti).

vu m

1. The Pali root var^[2]

   Synonym: vara^[1]

   • c. 500 AD, Dhatumañjusa; republished in Dines Andersen & Helmer Smith, The Pāli Dhātupāṭha and the Dhātumañjūsā, Copenhagen: Andr. Fred. Host & son, 1921, page 46:

     121. Su savane saka sattimhi
     khi khayamhi gi saddane
     apa sambhu ca pāpuṇane
     hi gatimhi vu saṃvare.

     121. Su for listening, sak for strength, / khī for dimunition, ge for sound / ap for progeny and attainment / hi for gone, var for restraint.

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈβu/ (tone class B)

vu (Pronz)^[1]

1. intestines

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)

• u, v, f

Sino-Vietnamese word from 誣.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vʊw˧˧] ~ [jʊw˧˧]

vu

1. to slander, to libel