cf.

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[edit] Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin confer, compare

[edit] Abbreviation

cf.

compare (used in written language)
(archaic) confer particularly in Webster's 1913.

[edit] Translations

compare

Dutch: cf. or vgl.
Finnish: vrt.
French: cf.
German: cf. or vgl.

Italian: cfr.
Latvian: sal.
Norwegian: jf.
Polish: por.
Russian: ср.
Swedish: jmf.

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Danish: jf., sbr.

[edit] Usage notes

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