PCV
French, noun/pe.se.ve/
PCV is a French masculine noun meaning “initialism of paiement contre vérification: reverse charge call, collect call” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appel téléphonique où l'appelé accepte de payer à la place de l'appelant”.
What does PCV mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineinitialism of paiement contre vérification: reverse charge call, collect call
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Appel téléphonique où l'appelé accepte de payer à la place de l'appelant.
noun: 1. Polychlorure de vinyle.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
How do you pronounce PCV?
- /pe.se.ve/
- \pe.se.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is PCV in French?
PCV appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).