duplo vê

Portuguese

Etymology

Literally, “double vee”.

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -e

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plu ˈve/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plo ˈve/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plu ˈve/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdu.plu ˈbe/ [ˈdu.plu ˈβe]

Noun

duplo vê m (plural duplos vês)

double-u (name of the letter W, w)
Synonyms: (Brazil) dáblio, (Portugal) dâblio

See also

(Latin-script letter names) letra; á, bê, cê, dê, é, efe, gê / guê, agá, i, jota, cá / capa, ele, eme, ene, ó, pê, quê, erre, esse, tê, u, vê, dáblio, xis, ípsilon, zê

Further reading

“duplo vê”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026