f
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| Unicode name | LATIN SMALL LETTER F |
|---|---|
| Basic Latin | 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.
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- (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 fl
[edit] Symbol
f
- (music) forte
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Other representations of F:
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Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur |
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
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 (lower case, upper case F)
- Lower case form of F. The letter eff, the sixth letter of the English alphabet, a nonvocal labiodental fricative consonant.
- (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
- (grammar) feminine
- (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
- (euphemism) fuck
- What the f do you think you're doing ?
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[edit] Dutch
[edit] Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA: /ɛf/
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f (lower case, upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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[edit] Italian
[edit] Noun
f m. and f. inv.
- See under F
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /fe/, /ef/
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f (lowercase, capital F)
- The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
- The seventh letter of the Spanish alphabet.
