V (disambiguation)

V, or v, is the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet.

V may also refer to:

People and fictional characters

 * V, a character of Devil May Cry
 * V. Balakumaran (Tamil activist), a top leader of the Eelam Revolutionary Organisation of Students (EROS) in Sri Lanka
 * 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, the protagonist of the video game Cyberpunk 2077
 * V, the playwright and activist formerly known as Eve Ensler

Film and television

 * 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 (TV network), now Noovo, in Québec, Canada
 * V (Australian TV channel), or [V]
 * Channel [V], in Asia
 * V (2020 film), an Indian Telugu action thriller
 * V (2021 film), an Indian Tamil horror drama
 * The V logo for the Venezuelan television channel Venevisión

Gaming

 * V (video game), based on the 1984 TV series
 * VVVVVV, a 2010 video game by Terry Cavanagh

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

 * V (group), a British boyband
 * V (singer) (Kim Tae-hyung, born 1995), South Korean vocalist of BTS
 * V (Vlad Radovanov, born c. 1971), American rapper in duo V & Legacy
 * V Festival, an annual British music festival
 * V Festival (Australia)
 * "V" (Lee Jung-hyun song), 2013

Albums

 * 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 2011 album by Vreid

Businesses and organizations

 * Visa Inc., American financial services corporation whose stock ticker is V
 * Ⓥ, symbol of Norwegian alcoholic beverage retailer Vinmonopolet
 * Left Party (Sweden) (Vänsterpartiet), abbreviated V
 * Venstre (Denmark), a political party, symbol V
 * Venstre (Norway), a political party, symbol V

Language, grammar, linguistics and symbology

 * V, Roman numeral for 5
 * v, the symbol used in the International Phonetic Alphabet for the voiced labiodental fricative
 * V sign, a hand gesture
 * Dominant (music), in music theory the fifth scale degree of the diatonic scale
 * ∨, descending wedge
 * v., abbreviation of von in German surnames
 * v., abbreviation for versus used in legal case citation
 * Verb, a part of speech
 * Ⓥ, an enclosed alphanumeric
 * ⓥ, a food label under vegetarian and vegan symbolism
 * ∨, logical disjunction

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-moth, the moth Macaria wauaria
 * Vaccine

Mathematics

 * Von Neumann universe in set theory
 * Verschiebung operator in algebraic group theory

Physics

 * V band, the band of frequencies from 40 to 75 GHz
 * $V$, voltage, an electric potential difference in a circuit
 * V, Volt, an SI unit
 * Red projection in the YUV color encoding system
 * $v$, $v$, $$v$$, $v$, velocity
 * $v$, speed
 * V number, the normalized frequency of an optical fiber

Computing

 * V (programming language)
 * V (operating system), 1981–1988
 * V-Model, a model for a software development process
 * V, in Semaphore (programming)

Other uses in science and technology

 * Vanadium, symbol V, a chemical element
 * V engine, an internal combustion engine configuration
 * v (vee), an obscure unit of measurement in typography

Transportation

 * 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:
 * JRW kinki-V.svg Kansai Main Line.
 * JRW san-V.svg Hakubi Line.
 * Avro Vulcan, Handley Page Victor and Vickers Valiant, three British military aircraft collectively known as the V bombers

Other uses

 * V (drink), an energy drink
 * "V" device, an American military medal ribbon award
 * V formation, of birds and airplanes
 * Victor, military time zone for UTC−09
 * Cadillac V series, high-performance vehicles
 * Le V, a hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
 * Aion V, a Chinese electric SUV