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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
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
vernácular
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