Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pv

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.40 in modern English

Syllables: pv
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Initialism of probation violation.

Countable

noun

Initialism of process variable.

Countable

noun

Initialism of pharmacovigilance.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of promotional video.

Countable

noun

Initialism of phrasal verb.

Countable

noun

Initialism of pulmonary valve.

Countable

noun

Initialism of polycythemia vera.

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of pemphigus vulgaris.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The demand for PV systems has grown by an average of 30% per year over the period 1990–2010, on the background of cost reduction (Solar Energy, 2011; Paicu & Regneala, 2013)."
"France connected 1.496 GW of solar PV capacity in Q2 2026, including 48 MW paired with storage, bringing first-half additions to around 2.9 GW."

Etymology

Abbreviation. * Sense "promotional video" is a borrowing from Japanese PV (PV, “promotional video”), from English promotional + video.

Origin

Source language: Japanese

Word Breakdown

Root: PV, -

Usage

Inflected Forms

PVs (plural)

Phrases

PV diagram

Frequently Paired Words

AoV MV TV PV diagram

Questions

What does pv mean?: Initialism of probation violation.
Where does pv come from?: It is traced to Japanese.

How to pronounce pv

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