f

Unicode name	LATIN SMALL LETTER F
Codepoint	U+0066
e ← Basic Latin → g

See also բ, and Appendix:Variations of "f"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Etymology

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter F):  Ḟḟ  Ƒƒ  ᵮ  ᶂ  ꜰ  Ｆｆ  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl

Pronunciation

• IPA

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Symbol

Wikipedia

f

1. (music) forte
2. (IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative

See also

Other representations of F:

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

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English

Etymology 1

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”). f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in English five from Greek πέντε (pente); English wolf, from Latin lupus, and Greek lykos; English fox, vixen; fragile, break; fruit, brook; English verb bear, from Latin ferre.

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛf/, SAMPA: /Ef/

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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• (phoneme): IPA: /f/
• See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

Letter

f lowercase (uppercase F)

1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

Number

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Symbol

f

1. (music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Derived terms

F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef.

Abbreviation

f

1. (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
2. (euphemistic) fuck

   What the f do you think you're doing ?

3. Alternative form of f..

Derived terms

• effing and blinding

Synonyms

• (folio paper and book size): F, fo

Translations

feminine

Hebrew: נ (n) Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Marathi: please add this translation if you can Russian: ж (zh)

See also

• F
• c
• m
• n

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Azeri

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɛf
• (letter name): IPA: /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: e
• Next letter: g

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /fo/
• (phoneme): IPA: /f/

• Audio

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Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo or ef and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz ^[edit]

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Italian

Noun

f m. and f. inv.

1. See under F

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, called efe and written in the Latin script.
   • 2005, Lya Wyler (translator), J. K. Rowling (English author), Harry Potter e o Enigma do Príncipe (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince), Rocco, page 100:

     Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.

     Hermione pinched her friend's arm with force.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /fe/, /ef/

Letter

f (lowercase, capital F)

1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) F

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA: /f/

Letter

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by e and followed by g.

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Spanish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

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Turkish

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]