PF

See also: pf, pF, p·f, .pf, pf., and Pf.

Translingual

Etymology 1

Symbol

PF

1. (metrology) Symbol for petafarad, an SI unit of electrical capacitance equal to 10¹⁵ farads.

Etymology 2

Symbol

PF

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for French Polynesia.

   Synonym: PYF (alpha-3)

English

Noun

PF (countable and uncountable, plural PFs)

1. Initialism of pilot flying, a pilot currently in control of the flight trajectory of the aircraft, as opposed to pilot monitoring.
2. (physics) Initialism of peak flow.
3. Abbreviation of power failure; displayed by some household appliances after a power outage.
4. (linguistics) Initialism of phonological form.
5. (psychology) Initialism of psychometric function.
6. (basketball) Initialism of personal foul.
7. (basketball) Initialism of power forward.

   Coordinate terms: PG, SG, SF, C

8. (American football, fantasy football) Initialism of points for.

   Coordinate term: PA

   • 2022 December 14, “NFL Playoff picture Week 15: Are the New York Giants still in contention for the postseason?”, in Sportskeeda‎^[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2022:

     The Giants and Commanders have the same record after 13 games each. However, Washington has control of third place in the NFC East due to a better PF/PA record in comparison to the Giants.

9. (US, military, aviation) Initialism of patrol fighter.

   Coordinate terms: PB, PT, P

Anagrams

• FP

Czech

Phrase

PF

1. abbreviation of pour féliciter (“happy New Year”)

Latin

Proper noun

PF

1. (chiefly money) initialism of Pius Felix, the devout and fortunate, the pious and happy.

Portuguese

Noun

PF m (plural PFs)

1. initialism of prato feito

Proper noun

PF f

1. (Brazil) initialism of Polícia Federal (“Federal Police of Brazil”)

Phrase

PF (not comparable)

1. initialism of por favor

Slovak

Phrase

PF

1. pour féliciter (New Year's congratulation, in Czech and Slovak only)