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PV

French, noun\pe.ve\

PV is spelled P-V (2 letters) and appears 4.6 times per million words in written French, the 11,928th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). PV is a French masculine noun meaning “abbreviation of procès-verbal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Procès-verbal”.

What does PV mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineabbreviation of procès-verbal

  2. 2

    masculineabbreviation of point de vie (“health”)

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Procès-verbal. 2. Amende.

noun: 1. Poids à vide d’un véhicule.

noun: 1. Photovoltaïque.

noun: 1. Point de vie.

noun: 1. Photovoltaïque.

adjective: 1. \pe.ve\masculin et féminin identiques, singulier et pluriel identiques, (Sigle)* (Électricité, Développement durable) Photovoltaïque.

symbol: 1. Code du quartier d’immatriculation de Port-Vendres.

noun: 1. . Message envoyé en privé à un destinataire particulier, conversation privée, par exemple sur un tchat ou un forum.

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.

Forms of PV

  • PV

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce PV?

  • \pe.ve\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to PV

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is PV in French?

PV appears 4.6 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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