vi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vi"

ⅵ U+2175, ⅵ SMALL ROMAN NUMERAL SIX ← ⅴ [U+2174] Number Forms ⅶ → [U+2176]

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Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Alternative forms

• VI
• ↅ (obsolete)
• VJ, vj (nonstandard)
• VI. (ordinal number)

Numeral

vi

1. Ⅵ, the Roman numeral six (6).
3. June.

   Comeronyms: I, i, 1; II, ii, 2; III, iii, 3; IV, iv, 4; V, v, 5; VII, vii, 7; VIII, viii, 8; IX, ix, 9; X, x, 10; XI, xi, 11; XII, xii, 12

See also

• Previous: ⅴ (five, 5)
• Next: ⅶ (seven, 7)

Etymology 2

Abbreviation of English Vietnamese or Vietnamese Tiếng Việt.

Symbol

vi

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Vietnamese.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Vietnamese terms

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Symbol

vi

1. (music) minor submediant triad

English

Alternative forms

• vi, v.i., v.i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌviː ˈaɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

vi

1. (grammar, lexicography) Initialism of verb intransitive or intransitive verb, often in dictionaries.

Related terms

• v.t., v.t., vt, vt (= verb transitive, transitive verb)

See also

• ex vi termini
• vi-apple
• vi et armis

Anagrams

• IV

Äiwoo

Adverb

vi

1. down below

References

• Næss, Åshild (2017), “vi”, in A short dictionary of Äiwoo (Studies in the Languages of Island Melanesia; A-PL 35)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Asia-Pacific Linguistics, College of Asia and the Pacific, Australian National University, page 147
• Ross, Malcolm; Næss, Åshild (December 2007), “An Oceanic origin for Äiwoo, the language of the Reef Islands?”, in Oceanic Linguistics‎^[2], volume 46, number 2, Honolulu, HI: University of Hawaii Press, →DOI, pages 456–98

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• vã

Etymology

Cf. the corresponding ni for noi. Compare Romanian vă. Compare also Italian vi

Pronoun

vi (unstressed/short accusative and reflexive form of voi)

1. (direct object, second-person plural) you (group being addressed)

Related terms

• voi (stressed/long form accusative)

Pronoun

vi

1. (indirect object) (to) you (group being addressed)

Related terms

• vau (stressed/long form dative)

See also

• ni

Breton

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *āwyom (compare Welsh wy, Cornish oy), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”).

Noun

vi m

1. egg

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan vi~vin, from Latin vīnum, from Proto-Italic *wīnom, from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central, Northwestern) [ˈbi]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvi]

• Audio (Valencia):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i

Noun

vi m (plural vins)

1. wine (alcoholic beverage)

Hyponyms

• vi blanc
• vi d'Alacant
• vi escumós
• vi negre
• vi novell
• vi ranci
• vi rosat

Derived terms

• pixaví
• reví
• vinagre
• vinarro
• vinater
• viner
• vinificar

Related terms

• vinari
• vinassa
• vinícola
• vinificació

References

• “vi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “vi”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “vi” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “vi”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Corsican

Etymology

From voi (“you”). Compare Italian vi and Romanian vi.

Pronoun

vi

1. you (plural, both direct or indirect object)

See also

Corsican personal pronouns

number	person		nominative	prepositional	dative	accusative
singular	1st		eiu	mè	mi
	2nd		tù	tè	ti
	3rd	m	ellu		li	u, l'
		f	ella			a, l'
plural	1st		noi		ci
	2nd		voi		vi
	3rd	m	elli		li	i, l'
		f	elle			e, l'

References

• https://infcor.adecec.net/

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βi/

Adjective

vi m (plural vei)

1. alive, living

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse vér, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/, [ʋi]
• Rhymes: -i

Pronoun

vi (first-person plural nominative, accusative os, genitive vores, c vor, n vort, pl vore)

1. we

See also

Danish personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					common	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	mig	min	mit	mine
	Second	modern / informal	du	dig	din	dit	dine
		formal (uncommon)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	hende	hendes
		common (noun)	den		dens
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		indefinite	man	en	ens
		reflexive	–	sig	sin	sit	sine
Plural	First	modern	vi	os	vores
		archaic / formal			vor	vort	vore
	Second	–	I	jer	jeres
	Third	–	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	sig

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian voi, French vous and/or Russian вы (vy), plus the i of personal pronouns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi/

• Audio 1:

  (file)

• Audio 2:

  (file)

• Audio 3:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

Pronoun

vi (accusative vin, possessive via)

1. (second-person plural and formal singular pronoun): you

   Vi batis min. ― You hit me.

2. yourselves

   Vi diras al vi. ― You say to yourselves.

Related terms

• via
• viaj
• vian
• vin

See also

Esperanto personal pronouns

		singular				plural
		nominative	accusative	possessive		nominative	accusative	possessive
first-person		mi	min	mia		ni	nin	nia
second- person	formal	vi	vin	via		vi	vin	via
	familiar1	ci	cin	cia
third- person	masculine	li	lin	lia		ili iŝi2	ilin iŝin2	ilia iŝia2
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral2	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia		si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia		oni	onin	onia

¹ Rare.

² Not widely used.

Further reading

• “vi”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “vi”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Ewe

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ví. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe ovi, Fon ví, Aja (West Africa) evi and Gun òví.

Adjective

vi

1. little
2. small

Noun

vi

1. child (a son or daughter)
2. descendant

Galician

Verb

vi

1. (reintegrationist norm) first-person singular preterite indicative of ver

Gun

Alternative forms

• òví

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-ví. Cognates include Saxwe Gbe ovi, Fon ví, Aja (West Africa) evi, Ewe vi

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ví/

Noun

ví (plural ví lɛ́ or ví lẹ́)

1. child

   Synonyms: òví, yɔ̀kpɔ́, yọ̀pọ́

Derived terms

• -ví (“diminutive suffix”)
• vínyɔnú (“girl”)
• vísúnnù (“boy”)
• víyɛ̀yɛ́ (“baby”)
• víyẹ̀yẹ́ (“baby”)
• víyọnnú (“girl”)

Ido

Etymology

vu (“you”) +‎ -i (“-s; plural”)

Pronoun

vi pl

1. you (plural)

Related terms

• tu
• vu

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
• Rhymes: -i
• Hyphenation: vì

Etymology 1

See voi. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Alternative forms

• -vi (enclitic)

Pronoun

vi

1. second-person personal plural object pronoun: you, to you

   (noi) vi amiamo ― we love you

2. second-person reflexive plural: yourselves

   (voi) vi ricordate ― you remember

3. (often not translated) it; about it, of it, on it

Usage notes

• Becomes ve when followed by a third person direct object clitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).

See also

Italian personal pronouns

			nominative		atonic (clitic)11						tonic12
					accusative / dative-reflexive	accusative	dative		locative	partitive	prepositional-reflexive	oblique
singular
	first		io		mi, m', -mi, me9				―		―	me
	second		tu		ti, t', -ti, te9							te
	second formal / polite5		Lei, Ella8		―	La, -La, L'	Le, -Le					Lei
	third	m	lui, egli,8 ello,8 elli,3, 8 esso8		si,6 s', -si, se,9 ci13	lo, l', -lo, il4	glie9	gli, -gli, il4	ci, c', vi,1 v'1	ne, n'	sé	lui, esso8
		f	lei, ella,8 essa8			la, l', -la		le, -le, gli,2 -gli2				lei, essa8
plural
	first		noi		ci, c', -ci, ce,9 ne,4 n'4				―		―	noi
	second		voi, Voi7		vi, Vi,7 v', V',7 -vi, -Vi,7 ve9							voi, Voi7
	second formal / polite5		Loro		―	Le, -Le	Loro10					Loro
	third	m	loro	elli,3, 8 ellino,4, 8 eglino,4, 8 essi8	si, s', -si, se9	li, -li	loro,10 gli,2 -gli,2 glie9		ci, c', vi,1 v'1	ne, n'	sé	loro	essi8
		f		elle,3, 8 elleno,4, 8 esse8		le, -le							elle,8 esse8

¹ Formal.
² Informal.
³ Archaic.
⁴ Obsolete or literary.
⁵ Grammatically third person forms used semantically in the second person as a formal or polite way of addressing someone (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
⁶ Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
⁷ Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).
⁸ Traditional grammars still indicate the forms egli (animate), ello / ella (animate), esso / essa and their plurals as the nominative forms of the third person pronouns; outside of very formal or archaizing contexts, all such forms have been replaced by the obliques lui, lei, loro.
⁹ Forms used when followed by a third-person direct object proclitic (lo, la, li, le, or ne).
¹⁰ Used after verbs.
¹¹ Unstressed forms, stand alone forms are found proclitically (except dative loro / Loro), others enclitically (-mi, -ti, etc.).
¹² Disjunctive, emphatic oblique forms used as direct objects placed after verbs (or before them, chiefly in literary Italian), in exclamations, along prepositions (prepositional) and some adverbs (come, quanto, etc.); also used with a to create alternative emphatic dative forms.
¹³ Only in "ci si", replaces indefinite si (“one”) before reflexive si (“oneself”).

Etymology 2

From Latin ibi.

Adverb

vi

1. (formal) there

   Synonym: ci

2. (formal) here

   Synonym: ci

Usage notes

• Stylistically elevated variant of ci, only used in formal contexts.

Etymology 3

Noun

vi f (invariable)

1. alternative form of vu, preferred when coming right after spelling the letter u for dissimilation

Japanese

Romanization

vi

1. Rōmaji transcription of ゔぃ
2. Rōmaji transcription of ゐ゙
3. Rōmaji transcription of ヴィ
4. Rōmaji transcription of ヸ

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː]

Noun

vī

1. dative/ablative singular of vīs

References

• “vi”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Maonan

Noun

vi

1. fire

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/, [ʋiː]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː
• Homophones: hvi, vid
• Hyphenation: vi

Etymology 1

PIE word
*wéy

Inherited from Middle Norwegian wi (“we”), attested in a Norwegian charter from 1415. NAOB dates the form's appearance in Norwegian to about 1370 and considers it probably introduced from Old Danish wi and Old Swedish vī, vīr, corresponding to Old Norse vér.

On this account, the East Scandinavian forms continue Proto-Germanic *wīz, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wéy (“we”). Bokmålsordboka more cautiously describes Swedish and Danish influence and also compares the Old Norse dual vit (“we two”), alongside the plural vér.

Compare Danish vi, Swedish vi, Icelandic vér, Gothic 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐍃 (weis), Dutch wij, German wir and English we (“we”).

Pronoun

vi

1. we; the speaker together with one or more other people

   Vi kommer i morgen. ― We are coming tomorrow.

   • 1838, Henrik Wergeland, “Det første Haandtryk”, in Herman Jæger, editor, Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[3], volume I,2, published 1919, page 188:

     Din Puls har banket min imod.
     Forente var vi Blod i Blod.

     Your pulse has beaten against mine.
     United, we were blood within blood.

   • 1857, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Synnøves Sang”, in Francis Bull, editor, Samlede Digte‎^[4], volume I, published 1926, page 27:

     nu tak for alt ifra vi var smaa

     Now, thank you for everything since we were little.

   • 1884, Henrik Ibsen, Vildanden‎^[5], page 152:

     du og jeg, Hedvig, – vi to

     You and I, Hedvig—the two of us.

   • 1936, Sfinx, Kjent folk gjennem årene‎^[6], page 14:

     hvis atte mor ikke hadde giftet sig med far, hadde vi vært oss da?

     If Mum hadn't married Dad, would we have been us then?

   • 2005, Inge Eidsvåg, Den gode lærer i liv og diktning‎^[7]:

     vi satte oss ned og begynte samtalen

     We sat down and began the conversation.

   • 2010, Ørnulf Hodne, Folkeskolen i folkeminnet:

     vi tre, Ole, Svein og jeg

     The three of us, Ole, Svein and I.

2. we; a community, institution, nation or other group with which the speaker identifies or on whose behalf the speaker acts

   Vi takker for henvendelsen og svarer så snart som mulig. ― We thank you for your enquiry and will reply as soon as possible.

   • traditional, 1 Kor [First Corinthians]‎^[8], 2011 edition, Bibelselskapet, 12:13:

     For med én Ånd ble vi alle døpt til å være én kropp

     For in one Spirit we were all baptized to be one body.

   • 1841, Henrik Wergeland, “Smaaguttenes Nationalsang”, in Herman Jæger, editor, Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[9], volume I,2, published 1919, page 406:

     Vi ere en Nation vi med,
     vi Smaa, en Alen lange:

     We are a nation too,
     we little ones, an ell tall.

   • 1859, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Ja, vi elsker dette landet”, in Francis Bull, editor, Samlede Digte‎^[10], volume I, published 1926, page 45:

     ja, vi elsker dette landet

     Yes, we love this country.

   • 1863, Henrik Ibsen, Kongs-Emnerne‎^[11], published 1872, page 192:

     vi væbner os det bedste vi kan

     We arm ourselves as best we can.

   • 1867, Henrik Ibsen, Peer Gynt‎^[12], published 1874, page 127:

     vi mænd fra nord forstår at føre vor krig igjennem

     We men from the north know how to carry our war through.

   • 1869, Henrik Ibsen, De unges forbund‎^[13], published 1874, page 51:

     hele herligheden faldt i fisk, som vi siger i trykkeriet

     The whole thing came to nothing, as we say at the printing house.

   • 1874, Henrik Ibsen, Fru Inger til Østråt‎^[14], page 175:

     vi voksne har ikke noget med vor barnetro at skaffe

     We adults have nothing to do with our childhood faith.

   • 1875, Henrik Ibsen, “I en komponists stambog”, in Digte‎^[15], page 177:

     stene har vort Norge nok af; vilddyr har vi og en flok af

     Our Norway has plenty of stones; we also have a pack of wild beasts.

   • 1880, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Salme II”, in Francis Bull, editor, Samlede Digte‎^[16], volume II, published 1926, page 138:

     evigheds afkom og frø er vi alle

     We are all eternity's offspring and seed.

   • 1882, Henrik Ibsen, En folkefiende‎^[17], page 162:

     hundene, som vi mennesker er så overmåde nær i slægt med

     The dogs, to which we humans are so exceedingly closely related.

   • 1888, Henrik Ibsen, Fruen fra havet‎^[18], page 219:

     i den yderste nød og fare vover vi læger så meget

     In the most desperate need and danger, we doctors dare so much.

   • 1919, Nils Collett Vogt, Digte i utvalg‎^[19], page 22:

     det var vi, som blev stedbørn paa jord

     It was we who became stepchildren on earth.

   • 1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter‎^[20], volume III: Profiler, page 263:

     vi unge, vi som endnu er saa passelig unge

     We young people, we who are still reasonably young.

   • 1926, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “En ungdom, som er stærk og sund”, in Francis Bull, editor, Samlede Digte‎^[21], volume II, page 169:

     en ungdom som er stærk og sund, er alt, vi ævner, én gang til

     A strong and healthy younger generation is everything we are capable of, once again.

   • 1929, Bergens Aftenblad, number 240, page 3, columns 5–6:

     dessuten fører vi endel smukke imitationer, som har en forbløffende likhet med skindhansker

     Furthermore, we carry some handsome imitations that bear a striking resemblance to leather gloves.

   • 1945 May 7, Knut Hamsun, “Adolf Hitler”, in Aftenposten‎^[22], number 208, page 1, column 7:

     Og vi, hans nære Tilhengere, bøier nu vaare Hoder ved hans Død.

     And we, his close followers, now bow our heads at his death.

   • 2005, Inge Eidsvåg, Den gode lærer i liv og diktning‎^[23]:

     som lærere bør vi la oss inspirere av både Sokrates og Jesus

     As teachers, we should allow ourselves to be inspired by both Socrates and Jesus.

3. (generalizing) we, one; people in general, including the speaker

   Vi kan ikke vite hva fremtiden bringer. ― We cannot know what the future holds.

4. we, I; used by a single speaker or writer when presenting an argument, describing a scene or considering what to do, sometimes including the audience

   I neste kapittel skal vi undersøke årsakene nærmere. ― In the next chapter, we will examine the causes more closely.

   nå skal vi se — let's see; used when pausing to think, recall something or decide what to do

   Nå skal vi se, hvor la jeg nøklene? ― Let's see, where did I put the keys?

   • 1883, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Over ævne, første stykke, Anden handling”, in Samlede digter-verker‎^[24], volume V, published 1919, page 132:

     Døren er vid-åpen. Vi ser ut i et trangt landskap.

     The door is wide open. We look out onto a confined landscape.

   • 1922, Nils Kjær, Samlede Skrifter‎^[25], volume III: Profiler, page 117:

     tænk Dem, at vi sidder i teatret og ser Den stundesløse

     Imagine that we are sitting in the theatre watching The Fussy Man.

   • 2015, Endre Mørck, “Hovedtrekk ved akkusativ med infinitiv i mellomnorsk”, in Maal og Minne‎^[26], number 2, page 46:

     Vi skal i denne artikkelen ta for oss omfanget av bruken av akkusativ med infinitiv i mellomnorsk […]

     In this article, we will examine the extent of the use of the accusative with infinitive in Middle Norwegian […].

5. (solemn, sometimes humorous) we, I; used by a monarch or another person speaking as though possessing exalted authority

   Vi har besluttet å benåde fangen. ― We have decided to pardon the prisoner.

   vi alene vide — literally “we alone know”; a formula associated with absolute authority or an arrogant claim to know best

   The expression preserves an obsolete plural verb form. It alludes to a reply issued by Frederik VI in 1835 concerning freedom of the press.

   Svaret fra ledelsen var preget av holdningen «vi alene vide». ― Management's reply reflected a “we know best” attitude.

   • 1833 January 8, Henrik Wergeland, “Om Norges Selvstændighedstegn”, in Herman Jæger and Didrik Arup Seip, editor, Samlede Skrifter: trykt og utrykt‎^[27], volume III,1, published 1932, page 420:

     Vi Norges grundlovmæssige Konge Carl den IIden Johan, Konge til Sverige, de Gothers og Venders, o. s. v.

     We, Norway's constitutional King Charles II John, King of Sweden, of the Goths and Wends, etc.

   • 1861, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, “Kong Sverre”, in Samlede digter-verker‎^[28], volume II, published 1919, page 69:

     Vi takker dig for saa frivilligt tilbud.

     We thank you for such a freely made offer.

6. you; used in sympathetic, coaxing, patronizing or joking address, especially to a child or patient

   Har vi sovet godt i natt? ― Have you slept well tonight?

   • 1891, Gabriel Finne, To Damer‎^[29], page 39:

     er vi endda sån’t et stort barn, hva?

     Are we still such a big child, then?

   • 1900, Vilhelm Krag, Isaac Seehuusen‎^[30], page 56:

     ei, ei lille jomfru, hvilken yndig kaabe vi dog har paa i aften

     Well, well, young miss, what a lovely cloak we are wearing this evening.

   • 1917, Gunnar Heiberg, Samlede dramatiske verker‎^[31], volume I, page 213:

     hvordan har vi det saa idag?

     And how are we today?

   • 1925, Vilhelm Krag, Baldevin‎^[32], page 123:

     er det noget vi har paa samvittigheden?

     Is there something on our conscience?

Usage notes

• Vi is the subject form. The object form is oss, which is also used reflexively: Vi vasker oss (“We wash ourselves”).
• The possessive forms are vår, vårt and våre.
• In ordinary plural use, vi can include or exclude the person being addressed; the distinction depends on context.
• The pronoun can be followed by a numeral or a noun identifying the group, as in vi to (“the two of us”) and vi lærere (“we teachers”).
• Use directed at another person can express warmth or solidarity, but may also sound patronizing.

Related terms

• oss (“us; ourselves”)
• vår (“our; ours”)
• vårt (“our; ours (neuter singular)”)
• våre (“our; ours (plural)”)

Etymology 2

Nominalization of vi (“we”).

Noun

vi n (definite singular vi-et)

1. a we; a group understood as a united whole, or a shared collective identity

   Gjennom samarbeidet ble de et vi. ― Through working together, they became a united group.

   • 2017, Stig Aasvik, Lofotveggen, page 129:

     føde et ventende barn, gifte seg, skape seg et hjem, et vi

     Give birth to an expected child, get married, make oneself a home, a we.

   • 2026 August 29, Klassekampen, page 2:

     vi-et favner om alle som lever i dette landet

     The collective we embraces everyone living in this country.

2. the royal we

   Kongen brukte det kongelige vi. ― The king used the royal we.

   • 2004, Susanne Agerholm, Liv laga‎^[33]:

     Vi. Det kongelige vi

     We. The royal we.

3. the editorial we

   Artikkelen brukte et redaksjonelt vi. ― The article used an editorial we.

   • 1917, Helge Krog, Det store vi:

     Det store vi

     The great we.

     Title of the play.

   • 1923, Morgenbladet, number 313, page 3, column 5:

     det redaktionelle vi

     The editorial we.

Etymology 3

Verb

vi

1. imperative of vie (“to consecrate; to marry; to devote”)

See also

Norwegian Bokmål personal pronouns

Number	Person	Type	Nominative	Oblique	Possessive
					masculine	feminine	neuter	plural
Singular	First	–	jeg	meg	min	mi	mitt	mine
	Second	general	du	deg	din	di	ditt	dine
		formal (rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	masculine (person)	han	ham / han	hans
		feminine (person)	hun	henne	hennes
		masculine (noun)	den		dens
		feminine (noun)
		neuter (noun)	det		dets
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine
Plural	First	–	vi	oss	vår		vårt	våre
	Second	general	dere		deres
		formal (very rare)	De	Dem	Deres
	Third	general	de	dem	deres
		reflexive	–	seg	sin	si	sitt	sine

References

• “vi” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “vi” in Norwegian Academy Dictionary (NAOB).

Anagrams

• -iv, i.v.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Middle Norwegian vit (“we two”), from Old Norse vit, from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂. Probably with influence from Swedish vi and Danish vi, compare Norwegian Nynorsk me.

Some dialects also inherited the plural form from Middle Norwegian ver, from Old Norse vér.

Alternative forms

• me
• ve (Austfold, Hedmark)
• oss (dialectal, Trøndelag)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋiː/

Pronoun

vi

1. we

See also

Norwegian Nynorsk personal pronouns

		first person	second person	reflexive	third person
					masculine	feminine	neuter
singular	nominative	eg, je1	du	—	han	ho	det, dat2
	accusative	meg	deg	seg	han, honom1	ho, henne	det, dat2
	dative2	meg	deg	seg	honom1	henne	di2
	genitive	min	din	sin	hans	hennar, hennes1	dess3
plural	nominative	me, vi, mid2	de, dokker, did2, I2	—	dei
	accusative	oss, okker2	dykk, dokker, øder2	seg	dei, deim2
	dative2	oss, okker2	dykk, dokker, øder2	seg	deim2
	genitive	vår, okkar2	dykkar, dokkar, ødar2	sin	deira, deires1

¹Obsolete. ²Landsmål. ³Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.

Etymology 2

Verb

vi

1. imperative of via

Etymology 3

Verb

vi

1. eye dialect spelling of vil

References

• “vi” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• IV, VI, -iv

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin vīdī. Cognate with Galician vin and Spanish vi.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi/

• Audio (Portugal (Porto)):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -i
• Homophone: vir (Brazil)
• Hyphenation: vi

Verb

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver
   • 2005, J. K. Rowling, translated by Lia Wyler, Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe [Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince] (Harry Potter; 6), Rio de Janeiro: Rocco, →ISBN, page 135:

     Não vi o tempo passar.

     I didn't notice the time passing.

Réunion Creole French

Etymology

From French vie.

Noun

vi

1. life

Related terms

• viv, vivé
• vivan

References

• Armand, Alain (1987), Dictionnaire Kréol rénioné/Français [Reunionese Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Océan Éditions, →ISBN, page 371

Romanian

Pronoun

vi (dative form of voi; form of vă )

1. to you

Usage notes

This word is used when vă (which is dative) is combined with the following accusatives:

• îl (the accusative of el, contracted as vi-l)
• îi (the accusative of ei, contracted as vi-i)
• le (the accusative of ele)
• se (the reflexive accusative of all third-person pronouns)

See also

• li
• ni

Sassarese

Alternative forms

• v' (apocopic)
• -vi (enclitic)

Etymology

From Latin ibi (“there; then”), from Proto-Italic *iðei or *ifei with iambic shortening, from the pronominal stem Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Adverb

vi

1. here

   Synonym: zi

   1. in or at this place
   2. to or into this place
2. there

   Synonym: zi

   1. in or at that place
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XVII, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[34], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 26, page 68:

        Ma pa no ilcandalizzalli, vai a mari, e getta l’amu: e piglia lu primu pesciu, chi n’alzarà: e abbrendili la bocca v’hai a incuntrà un iltateri: pigliannilu, e paga pal me, e pal te.

        But, so as to not cause them indignation, go to the sea, and cast the hook; and take the first fish that comes up; and, opening its mouth, there you will find a stater; take it, and pay for me, and for yourself.

      • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Ulisse [Ulysses]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 51:

        Raramenti vi fàrani pizoni,
        si sò abbramiddi, pa’ zirchà ricattu.

        Birds seldom glide there, if they are hungry, to look for food.

   2. to or into that place
      • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter XXI, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[35], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 29, page 84:

        Ma eddu rilpundendi, dizisi: No v’ andu. Ma poi, pintiddu, v’ andesi.

        But he, answering, said: "I will not go there". But afterwards, regretful, he went there.

Pronoun

vi

1. (accusative) you (plural)
   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, chapter IV, in Giovanni Spano, transl., L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[36], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 19, page 11:

     E li dizisi: Viniddi dareddu a me, e vi aggiu a fà pilcadori d’ omini.

     And he said to them: "Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

   • 1989, Giovanni Maria Cherchi, “Puisia [Poem]”, in La poesia di l'althri [The poetry of others] (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Sassari: Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, page 19:

     […] un’oasi prupizia pa’ pudé / cu lu pientu annittavvi da li fàuri / chi vi sò già incighendi.

     A propitious oasis, so I can cleanse you with my tears from the lies that are already blinding you.

2. (dative) to you (plural)

   Abà vi diggu la veriddai ― I'll tell you the truth now (literally, “Now to you I tell the truth”)

   • 1866 [1770s], Antonio Martini, translated by Giovanni Spano, L'ebagneliu sigundu S. Matteju [The Gospel according to St. Matthew]‎^[37], London, translation of Il santo Vangelo di Gesù Cristo secondo Matteo (in Italian), verse 18, page 14:

     Palchì vi diggu in viriddai; finza chi passia lu zelu e la terra, no ha a vinì mancu un etti, o un puntu di la leggi finza chi tuttu si cumplia.

     for truly I say to you, until the heaven and the earth may pass away, one iota or one tittle may not pass away from the Law, until all may come to pass

     Literal Standard Version translation

3. it, to it

   no vi credu ― I don't believe it (literally, “Not to it I believe”)

Related terms

• voi
• vosthru

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006), Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋîː/

Pronoun

vȋ ? (Cyrillic spelling ви̑)

1. you (nominative plural of tȋ (“you”))
2. you (vocative plural of tȋ (“you”))
3. (regional, Montenegro, Torlakian) you (clitic dative plural of tȋ (“you”))
4. (formal) you (formal singular and plural)

Usage notes

The clitic dative forms in the plural correspond to the Old Church Slavonic вꙑ (vy) and Old Church Slavonic нꙑ (ny). However, it has primarily been attested in rural areas, most notably across Montenegro, where it has been preserved and is still in use. Cognates include Bulgarian ви (vi) and Bulgarian ни (ni), where it has been preserved even in the accusative case.

Declension

Declension of vi

	singular	plural
nominative	tȋ	vȋ
genitive	tȅbe, te	vȃs
dative	tȅbi, ti	vȁma, vam, vi*
accusative	tȅbe, te	vȃs
vocative	ti	vȋ
locative	tȅbi	vȁma
instrumental	tȍbōm	vȁma

See also

Serbo-Croatian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		ja	mi
2nd person	familiar	ti	vi
	polite	Vi
3rd person	m	on	oni
	f	ona	one
	n	ono	ona

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *vy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋíː/

Pronoun

vȋ

1. you (masculine plural, more than two)
2. (formal) you (masculine singular)

Declension

Slovene personal pronouns

singular
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	jàz	tí	—
accusative	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
genitive	méne, me	tébe, te	sébe, se
dative	méni, mi	tébi, ti	sébi, si
locative	méni	tébi	sébi
instrumental	menój, máno	tebój, tábo	sebój, sábo
possessive	mój	tvój	svój
dual
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mídva m, médve/mídve f or n	vídva m, védve/vídve f or n	—
accusative	náju	váju	sébe, se
genitive	náju	váju	sébe, se
dative	náma	váma	sébi, si
locative	náju	váju	sébi
instrumental	náma	váma	sebój, sábo
possessive	nájin	vájin	svój
plural
	1st person	2nd person	reflexive
nominative	mí m, mé f or n	ví m, vé f or n	—
accusative	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
genitive	nàs	vàs	sébe, se
dative	nàm	vàm	sébi, si
locative	nàs	vàs	sébi
instrumental	nàmi	vàmi	sebój, sábo
possessive	nàš	vàš	svój

Derived terms

• vīkati

See also

Slovene personal pronouns

			singular	dual	plural
1st person		m	jaz	midva	mi
		f or n		medve, midve	me
2nd person familiar (tikanje)		m	ti	vidva	vi
		f or n		vedve, vidve	ve
3rd person		m	on	onadva	oni
		f	ona	onedve, onidve	one
		n	ono	onedve, onidve	ona
Polite forms			singular (not differentiated in dual and plural)
polite (vikanje)			vi, Vi + 2nd person plural masculine
very polite (onikanje)			oni + 3rd person plural masculine (archaic)
hyper polite (onokanje)			ono + 3rd person singular neuter (obsolete)
patriarchal (onkanje)			on + 3rd person singular masculine (obsolete)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• vide (archaic, regional)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi/ [ˈbi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

Verb

vi

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of ver

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viː/

• Audio (Gotland):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iː

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish vīr, from Old East Norse *wīʀ (compare vér), from Proto-Germanic *wīz, from Proto-Indo-European *wéy, plural of *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

vi

1. we (first-person personal plural subject pronoun)
   • 1791, Carl Michael Bellman, Fredmans sånger, N:o 21

     Så lunka vi så småningom från Bacchi buller och tumult

     We'll walk away eventually from the noise and tumult of Bacchus

   • 1974, Lasse Tennander, “Ska vi gå hem till dig [Shall We Go to Your Place ["home to you" – idiomatic]]”, in Allting som ni gör kan jag göra bättre [Anything You Do, I Can Do Better [a cover album]]‎^[38], performed by Magnus Uggla:

     Ska vi gå hem till dig eller hem till mig, eller var och en hem till sitt? Ska vi göra som dom andra och ägna oss åt varandra, eller ska var och en sköta sitt?

     Shall we go to your place ["home to you" – idiomatic] or to my place [home to me], or each one ["each and one" – idiomatic] home to theirs [nominalized – neuter gender is used when there is no concrete referent, like in impersonal constructions and here, as a rule of thumb]? Shall we do like the others and spend time on each other [engage in each other as an activity – doesn't have the connotations of "devote"], or shall each one mind [take care of] theirs [nominalized]?

   • 1981, X Models, “Två av oss [Two of us]”‎^[39]:

     Det finns bara en av mig och det är jag. Det finns bara en av dig och det är du. Det finns bara två av oss, och det är vi.

     There is only one of me and that is I. There is only one of you [object] and that is you [subject]. There are only two of us, and that is us [we – subject]. [Swedish has some of the same subject/object fuzziness as English, but a standalone "Det är <pronoun>" idiomatically (through intuition rather than being taught) uses the subject form]

Usage notes

A standalone "That is us" is idiomatically "Det är vi" rather than "Det är oss." Compare "That is I" in (taught) English, which also uses the subject form. See the quotations above for an example.

Declension

Swedish personal pronouns

Number	Person		nominative	oblique	possessive
					common	neuter	plural
singular	first	—	jag	mig, mej3	min	mitt	mina
	second	—	du	dig, dej3	din	ditt	dina
	third	masculine (person)	han	honom, han2, en5	hans
		feminine (person)	hon	henne, na5	hennes
		gender-neutral (person)1	hen	hen, henom7	hens
		common (noun)	den	den	dess
		neuter (noun)	det	det	dess
		indefinite	man or en4	en	ens
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina
plural	first	—	vi	oss	vår, våran2	vårt, vårat2	våra
	second	—	ni	er	er, eran2, ers6	ert, erat2	era
		archaic	I	eder	eder, eders6	edert	edra
	third	—	de, dom3	dem, dom3	deras
		reflexive	—	sig, sej3	sin	sitt	sina

¹Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.

²Informal

³Colloquial pronunciation spelling.

⁴Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.

⁵Informal, somewhat dialectal

⁶Formal address

⁷Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish hvi, from Old Norse hví, from Proto-Germanic *hwī (“by what, how”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷey, locative of *kʷís (“who”). Cognate with Old Danish hvi, Danish hvi, Old West Norse hví, Norwegian Nynorsk kvi, Norwegian Bokmål hvi, Old Saxon hwi, hwiu, Old High German hwiu, Middle High German wiu, German wie (“how”), Old English hwȳ, hwī, Middle English why, English why, more distantly with Latin quī (“what, who, which”).

Alternative forms

• hvi (pre-1906 spelling)

Adverb

vi (not comparable)

1. (archaic or poetic) why
   • 1541, Gustav Vasa Bible, Matthew 9:4

     Men när Jesus sågh theras tanckar, sadhe han, Hwj tencken j ondt j idhor hierta?

     (pre-1906 spelling) Men när Jesus såg deras tankar, sade han, Hvi tänken I ondt i edor hjerta?

     And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

   Synonym: varför

Etymology 3

From Old Norse vé, from Proto-Germanic *wīhą, from Proto-Indo-European *weyk- (“to choose, separate out, set aside as holy, consecrate, sacrifice”). Cognate with Latin victima (“offering, sacrifice”).

Noun

vi n

2. sanctuary

Related terms

• viga

References

• “vi”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “vi”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “vi”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• -iv

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from English vee, the English name of the letter V / v.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /vi/ [vɪ]
  • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /bi/ [bɪ]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: vi

Noun

vi (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter V/v, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) ve

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi

Talysh

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Iranian *waytaháh. Cognate to Persian بید.

Noun

vi

1. willow

Etymology 2

Origin uncertain.

Adjective

vi

1. dirty

   Synonym: çırkin

2. wet

   Synonyms: tar, nəm

Taman (Myanmar)

Noun

vi

1. boat

References

• On the genetic position of Taman reconsidered

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɪj˧˧] ~ [jɪj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

  (file)

Etymology 1

Noun

vi (classifier cái)

1. (anatomy, especially of sharks) alternative form of vây (“fin”)

   bào ngư vi cá ― abalones and shark fins

Derived terms

• trầy vi tróc vảy

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 微.

Prefix

vi

1. micro-

Derived terms

• kính hiển vi
• máy vi tính
• siêu vi
• suy vi
• tinh vi
• vi ba
• vi diệu
• vi hình
• vi khí hậu
• vi khuẩn
• vi lượng
• vi mô
• vi nhung mao
• vi phân
• vi phẫu
• vi sinh vật
• vi sóng
• vi tảo
• vi thể
• vi tích phân
• vi trùng
• vi xử lí

Etymology 3

Romanization

vi

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 爲

Derived terms

• hành vi
• vô vi

Etymology 4

Romanization

vi

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 違

Derived terms

• vi phạm

Etymology 5

Romanization

vi

1. Sino-Vietnamese reading of 圍

Derived terms

• chu vi
• phạm vi