PV

P3V4

Initialism of probation violation.

CommonScrabble 7

Meanings

nounPV (countable and uncountable, plural PVs)

plural PVs

  1. abbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of probation violation.
  2. abbreviationcountableinitialismcontrol theoryInitialism of process variable.
  3. abbreviationinitialismuncountableInitialism of pharmacovigilance.
  4. JapanabbreviationcountableinitialismInitialism of promotional video.
  5. abbreviationcountableinitialismgrammarInitialism of phrasal verb.
  6. abbreviationcountableinitialismanatomyInitialism of pulmonary valve.
  7. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of polycythemia vera.
  8. abbreviationinitialismuncountablemedicineInitialism of pemphigus vulgaris.
  9. abbreviationcountableinitialismbusinessInitialism of present value.
adjectivePV (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparableInitialism of photovoltaic.

    France connected 1.496 GW of solar PV capacity in Q2 2026, including 48 MW paired with storage, bringing first-half additions to around 2.9 GW.

    2026 August 11, Gwénaëlle Deboutte, “France adds 2.9 GW of solar in H1”, in PV Magazine
    1 more example

    The demand for PV systems has grown by an average of 30% per year over the period 1990–2010, on the background of cost reduction (Solar Energy, 2011; Paicu & Regneala, 2013).

    2017, Adrian Tantau, Robert Staiger, editors, Business Models for Renewable Energy Initiatives […] , IGI Global, →ISBN, page 71
  2. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemedicineInitialism of pervaginal.
adverbPV (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparablemedicineInitialism of per vaginam.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. JapanesePV“promotional video”
  2. EnglishPV

Abbreviation. * Sense "promotional video" is a borrowing from Japanese PV (PV, “promotional video”), from English promotional + video.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

PV. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PV

MLA

“PV.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PV. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “PV,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/PV.

Source: PV on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.