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Translingual [edit]
| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER F | |||
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| Codepoint | U+0066 | |||
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Etymology [edit]
Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also [edit]
- (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 [edit]
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IPA (file)
Symbol [edit]
f
See also [edit]
Other representations of F:
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur
English [edit]
Etymology 1 [edit]
Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- (phoneme): IPA: /f/
- See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary
Letter [edit]
f lowercase (uppercase F)
- The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (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
Number [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2 [edit]
Symbol [edit]
f
- (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 [edit]
F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef.
Abbreviation [edit]
f
- (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
- (euphemistic) fuck
- What the f do you think you're doing ?
- Alternative form of f..
Derived terms [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
Translations [edit]
See also [edit]
Azeri [edit]
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The eighth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (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
Dutch [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
f (lower case, upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also [edit]
Esperanto [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo or ef and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (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
Italian [edit]
Noun [edit]
f m and f (invariable)
- See under F
Latvian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: [f]
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes [edit]
The letter F/f (like H/h, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings).
See also [edit]
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay [edit]
Letter [edit]
f
- The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- (Latin script letters) 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
Norwegian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Letter [edit]
f
- The 6th letter of the Norwegian alphabet.
Portuguese [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
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Audio (BR) (file)
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- 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.
- Hermione beliscou o braço do amigo com força.
- 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:
Romanian [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /fe/, /ef/
Letter [edit]
f (lowercase, capital F)
- The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.
Serbo-Croatian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- (uppercase) F
Pronunciation [edit]
- (phoneme) IPA: /f/
Letter [edit]
f (Cyrillic spelling ф)
Preposition [edit]
f
Synonyms [edit]
Spanish [edit]
Letter [edit]
f (lower case, upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Turkish [edit]
Letter [edit]
f lower case (upper case F)
- The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.
See also [edit]
- Latin script characters
- Translingual letters
- Translingual symbols
- en:Music
- IPA symbols
- Musical symbols
- English terms derived from Old English
- English letters
- English numbers
- en:Ordinal numbers
- English symbols
- English abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
- English abbreviations
- en:Printing
- English euphemisms
- English alternative forms
- en:Paper sizes
- Azeri letters
- Dutch letters
- Esperanto letters
- Italian letters
- Latvian letters
- Malay letters
- Norwegian letters
- Portuguese letters
- Romanian letters
- Serbo-Croatian letters
- Serbo-Croatian prepositions
- Kajkavian Serbo-Croatian
- Spanish letters
- Turkish letters
