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Letter

F (lower case f)

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

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

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English

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Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Audio (UK):(file)

Letter

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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.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      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.
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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.

Symbol

F

  1. (music)
    1. The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
    2. The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
    3. On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
    4. The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviation by shortening.

Symbol

F

  1. (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
    Synonyms: Ford (common short form), FMC (initialism)

Adjective

F

  1. Abbreviation of false.
  2. Abbreviation of female.
Coordinate terms
  • (gender): M, X

Noun

F (plural Fs)

  1. An academic grade, specifically —
    1. A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
    2. (UK) A grade lower than E but higher than G.
  2. A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
  3. In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
  4. Abbreviation of fellow, as in F.G.S. or F.R.S.
  5. (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
  6. (US, meteorology) Initialism of Fujita (followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado).
    the F-scale ; an F3 tornado
  7. Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
    Press F1 for help.

Proper noun

F

  1. Abbreviation of various proper names.
  2. Abbreviation of Fahrenheit.
  3. Abbreviation of Father, as a title given to priests.
    Synonym: Fr
  4. Abbreviation of French.
  5. Abbreviation of Friday.
    Synonym: Fri

Verb

F (third-person singular simple present F's, present participle F'ing, simple past and past participle F'ed)

  1. (euphemistic) Initialism of fuck.

Etymology 3

From a funeral scene in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014) where the player must press the F key ("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. Urban Dictionary view statistics suggests that genuine use became widespread around late 2017/early 2018.

Interjection

F

  1. (Internet slang) Used to profess respect for a deceased person, or for something that has been lost.
    • 2018, /u/Kry_S, Stefán Karl Stefánsson has passed away.‎[1]:
      F. Fuck cancer.
  2. (Internet slang) Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
    • 2019, Petrana Radulovic, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting even more DLC fighters, pray for Waluigi‎[2]:
      Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already boasts an impressive roster of Nintendo characters (sans Waluigi, press F to pay respects).

Afar

Letter

F

  1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign Language

Letter

F (Stokoe F)

  1. The letter F

Azerbaijani

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

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

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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(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

Estonian

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Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

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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.

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German

Pronunciation

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

Derived terms

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Ido

Pronunciation

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

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Italian

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

F f (invariable, lower case f)

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

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Latvian

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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

Audio:(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).

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Malay

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Pronunciation

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Letter

F

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

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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.

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Romanian

Pronunciation

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.

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

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Slovene

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Pronunciation

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

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

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Somali

Pronunciation

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.

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Spanish

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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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.

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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.

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