Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vy

/vˈaɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.42 in modern English

Syllables: vy
IPA: /vˈaɪ/

8

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Obsolete form of vie.

Obsolete

noun

The indicated airspeed at which an aircraft's climb rate is at a maximum.

Uncountable

name

A surname from Vietnamese.

Example Sentences

"[…] and by continual Study had so incorporated the Phrase and Stile of that Apostle into all his familiar Letters, that the Imitation seem'd to vy with the Original."

Etymology

Borrowed from Vietnamese Vy or Vỹ.

Origin

Source language: Vietnamese

Word Breakdown

Root: Vy

Usage

Inflected Forms

vies (present, singular) vyes (present, singular) vying (participle, present) vied (participle, past) vied (past) vyed (participle, past) vyed (past) Vys (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

V1 V2 VD VMO VNE VR Vs Vx

Rhymes With

by my why high try guy buy july drive-by die eye hi

Questions

How do you pronounce vy?: The recorded pronunciation is /vˈaɪ/.
What does vy mean?: Obsolete form of vie.
Where does vy come from?: It is traced to Vietnamese.

How to pronounce vy

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