English spellings/Catalogs/Retro V
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This page lists pronunciations of English words that end in V. The list is in retroalphabetical order, that is, alphabetically beginning with the final letter of the word (in this case V) and continuing backwards through it.
The apostrophe is treated as the last letter of the alphabet, after Z. Click on the blue "Catalogs" link below the article title for a pronunciation key.[e]
in Slavonic (mostly Russian or Bulgarian) names, which comprise the great majority of words ending in v, it is pronounced (as indicated below) -ff: -v
cháv
láv
sátnav
-vyédeff Medvédev
hard g: Négev
-óff Gorbachev
-óff Khrùshchev
-éff Kìév
-nyéff Zbígniev
hard g: Diághilev
-nyéff Brézhnev
Reverend Rév = revolution rév
-réff Balákirev
spív
leîtmotìf is a spelling pronunciation of leîtmotìv
Ləv- Lvív
-óff -ov
Chékhov
Rímsky-Kŏrsakov
the composer used the -ff spelling: Rachmáninoff = Rachmáninov
Kàrpov
Kaspàrov
Mólotov
acronym, diêsel éngine rôad vêhicle (or: dûty exémpt...): dërv
gúv = Gúv
lòve = deliberate misspellings lúv = Lúv