F

See also: Ғ and Appendix:Variations of "f"

Translingual

F U+0046, F LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F ← E [U+0045] Basic Latin G → [U+0047]

Ｆ U+FF26, Ｆ FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F ← Ｅ [U+FF25] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｇ → [U+FF27]

Letter

F (lower 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  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter F):  Ḟḟ  Ƒƒ  ᵮ  ᶂ  ꜰ  Ｆｆ  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl

Symbol

F

1. (chemistry) Symbol for fluorine.
2. (metrology) Symbol for farad.
3. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
5. (physics) force
6. (physics) farad

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of F:

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Audio (UK)

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Letter

F (upper case, lower case f, plural Fs or F's)

1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Number

F (upper case, lower 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

Abbreviation

F

1. (euphemistic) A euphemism for fuck.
2. A musical note.
3. false
4. father
5. female
6. forever
7. Friday
8. function (for the function keys on a computer keyboard)

   Press F1 for help.

9. (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
10. (US, meteorology) Followed by a number from 0 to 5: a rating on the Fujita scale used to indicate the intensity of a tornado.

Coordinate terms

• (gender): M, X

Noun

F (plural Fs)

1. A failing grade in a class or course. The next best grade is either a D or an E. Some institutions issue Es instead of Fs.
2. (in the UK) an academic grade lower than E but higher than G.
3. American Library Association Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} for folio-sized books, over 30 cm in height.

Etymology 3

From a funeral scene in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare where the player must press the key F ("Press F to pay respects") to proceed. Players originally ridiculed this forced interaction, however, as the term spread, netizens began using this term as a genuine way to pay tribute.

Interjection

F

1. (Internet slang) RIP

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Afar

Letter

F

1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See Also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe F)

1. The letter F

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Azerbaijani

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

(Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Finnish

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛf]

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

Derived terms

• Schema F

See also

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛffe/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F m, f (invariable, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet, called effe and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latvian

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): [f]

(file)

Letter

F

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

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

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛf]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

F

1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Portuguese

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/, /ef/

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (lower case f)

1. The eleventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

1. The 7th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by E and followed by G.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) čŕka; A a, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /fæ/

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called fa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by G and followed by Q.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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Spanish

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Turkish

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z