f
| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER F | |||
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| Codepoint | U+0066 | |||
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.
[edit] Letter
f lower case (upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
[edit] 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
[edit] Pronunciation
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IPA (file)
[edit] Symbol
f
[edit] See also
Other representations of F:
- Letter styles
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Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur
[edit] English
[edit] 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.
[edit] Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA: /f/
- See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary
[edit] Letter
f lowercase (uppercase F)
- The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Number
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.
[edit] Etymology 2
[edit] Symbol
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.
[edit] Derived terms
F clef, the bass clef. See under Clef.
[edit] Abbreviation
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..
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[edit] Synonyms
[edit] Translations
[edit] See also
[edit] Azeri
[edit] Letter
f lower case (upper case F)
- The eighth letter of the Azeri alphabet, written in the Latin script.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Letter
f lower case (upper case F)
- The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo or ef and written in the Latin script.
[edit] 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]
[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
f m. and f. inv.
- See under F
[edit] Portuguese
[edit] Pronunciation
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Audio (BR) (file)
[edit] Letter
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:
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fe/, /ef/
[edit] Letter
f (lowercase, capital F)
- The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.
[edit] Serbo-Croatian
[edit] Alternative forms
- (uppercase) F
[edit] Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA: /f/
[edit] Letter
f (Cyrillic spelling ф)
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
[edit] Turkish
[edit] Letter
f lower case (upper case F)
- The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.
[edit] See also
- Latin script characters
- Translingual letters
- Translingual symbols
- en:Music
- IPA symbols
- Musical symbols
- English terms derived from Old English
- English letters
- English numbers
- English ordinal numbers
- English symbols
- English abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms
- English abbreviations
- en:Printing
- English euphemisms
- English alternative forms
- Paper sizes
- Azeri letters
- Dutch letters
- Esperanto letters
- Italian letters
- Portuguese letters
- Romanian letters
- Serbo-Croatian letters
- Spanish letters
- Turkish letters
