V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet.
V may also refer to:
V, Roman numeral for 5
People v., abbreviation of von in German surnames V. Balakumaran (Tamil activist), a top leader of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) in Sri Lanka V, the playwright and activist formerly known as Eve Ensler V (singer) (Kim Tae-hyung, born 1995), South Korean vocalist of BTS V (Vlad Radovanov, born c. 1971), American rapper in duo V & Legacy
Arts, entertainment and media
Fictional characters V (Devil May Cry) V (character), the protagonist of the comic book and film V for Vendetta V, the narrator of Vladimir Nabokov's novel The Real Life of Sebastian Knight V (Cyberpunk 2077), the protagonist of the video game Cyberpunk 2077 Serial Designation "V", one of the main characters in the webseries Murder Drones (2021–2024)
Television and gaming V (franchise), a science fiction franchise V (1983 miniseries) V (2009 TV series), a remake V: The Final Battle, 1984 V (1984 TV series) V (video game) V (TV network), now Noovo, in Québec, Canada V (Australian TV channel), or [V] Channel [V], in Asia The V logo for the Venezuelan television channel Venevisión
Movies V (2020 film), an Indian Telugu action thriller V (2021 film), an Indian Tamil horror drama V for Vendetta (film), 2005 film
Literature "V" (poem), by Tony Harrison, 1985 V (American magazine), launched in 1999 V (Finnish magazine), 2006–2007 V., a 1963 novel by Thomas Pynchon V: The Second Generation, a 2008 novel based TV series V, the Vespasian manuscript of the Anglian collection "V" Is for Vengeance, a novel
Music
Dominant (music), in music theory the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale V (group), a British boyband V Festival, an annual British music festival V Festival (Australia) "V" (Lee Jung-hyun song), 2013
Albums V (Aṣa album) (2022) V (Fate album) (2006) V (Havok album) (2020) V (Hiroyuki Sawano album), 2023 V (jj album) (2014) V (Karma to Burn album) (2011) V (Legião Urbana album) (1991) V (Live album) (2001) V (Maroon 5 album) (2014) V (Saint Vitus album) (1990) V (Scale the Summit album) (2015) V (Spock's Beard album) (2000) V (The Bronx album), 2017 V (The Fucking Champs album) (2002) V (The Horrors album) (2017) V (Van She album) (2008) V (Vanessa Hudgens album) (2006) V (Unknown Mortal Orchestra album) (2023) V (Wavves album) (2015) V. (album), by Wooden Shjips (2018) Five (Hollywood Undead album) (stylized as V)(2017) V – The New Mythology Suite (2000), by Symphony X V Live (album), a 2007 live album by Vitalic V, a 2019 album by Aaron Goodvin V, a cancelled album by Jonas Brothers V, a 1991 album by Steady B V, a 2016 album by Truckfighters V, a shelved album by Vanessa Amorosi V, a 2014 album by Voyager V, a 2011 album by Vreid
Science and technology
Biology ATC code V (Various), a section of the Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical Classification System Haplogroup V (mtDNA), a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup Trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve, or CN V Valine, an α-amino acid V formation, a bird flight pattern V-moth, the moth Macaria wauaria Vaccine
Telecommunications, electronics, computing, and mathematics V band, the band of frequencies from 40 to 75 GHz Red projection in the YUV color encoding system , voltage, an electric potential difference in a circuit V, Volt, an SI unit Socket V, codename of Intel's LGA 1700 v (vee), an obscure unit of measurement in typography used in groff and troff V (programming language) V (operating system), 1981–1988 V-Model, a model for a software development process V, a historical name for the "signal" operation on a semaphore (programming) ∨, descending wedge ∨, logical disjunction Von Neumann universe in set theory Verschiebung operator in algebraic group theory
Other uses in science and technology , , , , velocity , speed V number, the normalized frequency of an optical fiber V particle, an archaic name for a class of subatomic particles Vanadium, symbol V, a chemical element
Transportation and military V engine, an internal combustion engine configuration Cadillac V series, high-performance vehicles Aion V, a Chinese electric SUV V (Los Angeles Railway), a streetcar service 1920–1963 V (New York City Subway service), a former New York City Subway service The official West Japan Railway Company service symbol for: Kansai Main Line Hakubi Line Vic formation, a military aircraft flight pattern Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant, three British military aircraft collectively known as the V bombers "V" device, an American military medal ribbon award Victor, military time zone for UTC−09
Food and drink Ⓥ, symbol of Norwegian alcoholic beverage retailer Vinmonopolet ⓥ, a food label under vegetarian and vegan symbolism V (drink), an energy drink
Linguistics The letter U, historically sometimes written like a V v, the symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced labiodental fricative Verb, a part of speech
Political parties Left Party (Sweden) (Vänsterpartiet) Venstre (Denmark) Venstre (Norway)
Other uses Visa Inc., American financial services corporation whose stock ticker is V V sign, a hand gesture v., abbreviation for versus used in legal case citation Le V, a hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
See also ν, the lower case Greek letter Nu V de V (disambiguation) Vee (disambiguation) versus (disambiguation) vs (disambiguation) V series (disambiguation) V for Vendetta (disambiguation) 5 (disambiguation)