ef

See also ef-, and EF

English

Noun

ef (plural efs)

1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names) [edit]}

Derived terms

• eff

Translations

name of the letter F, f

Arabic: إف (ar) ('ef) m. Chinese: Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists) Esperanto: fo (eo) Hindi: एफ़ (hi) (ef), एफ (hi) (eph) Italian: effe (it) m. and f.

Japanese: エフ (ja) (efu) Korean: 에프 (ko) (epeu) Portuguese: efe (pt) m. Russian: эф (ru) (ef) n. Spanish: efe (es) f. Thai: แอฟ (th) (àef) Turkish: fe (tr)

Anagrams

• FE, Fe

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Esperanto

Noun

ef (plural ef-oj, accusative singular ef-on, accusative plural ef-ojn)

1. The name of the Latin script letter F/f.

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/be, co/ce, ĉo/ĉa, do/de, e, fo/ef, go/ge, ĝo/ĝe, ho/ha, ĥo/ĥi, i, jo/je, ĵo/ĵi, ko/ka, lo/el, mo/om, no/en, o, po/pa, ro/ar, so/es, ŝo/eŝ, to/ta, u, ŭo/eŭ, vo/vi, zo/ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names) [edit]}

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Icelandic

Conjunction

ef

1. if, when

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ef/, SAMPA: /ef/

Noun

ef (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter F.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letter F, f have been suggested. The most common is ef or a syllabic f, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, fē, əf, fə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιφφε.

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), esp. pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

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Old French

Alternative forms

• e
• ep

Etymology

Latin apem.

Noun

ef m. (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)

1. bee

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• SAMPA: Ev

Pronoun

ef

1. he; him.

Usage notes

Ef is primarily a feature of Literary Welsh. Colloquial Welsh uses e or o instead.