cf.
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of Latin cōnfer (“compare”), imperative of cōnferō (“to compare”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/[1]
Audio (US): (file) - IPA(key): /siːˈɛf/[2]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛf
Verb
[edit]cf. (imperative verb)
- Compare; compare to; compare with.
- (nonstandard) See; see also.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]compare — see also cfr.
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References
[edit]Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Abbreviation of cōnfer, imperative of cōnferō, from con- (“together”) and ferō (“(I) bring”).
Verb
[edit]cf.
- abbreviation of confer (“compare”)
Portuguese
[edit]Verb
[edit]cf.
Further reading
[edit]- “cf.”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Spanish
[edit]Phrase
[edit]cf.
Verb
[edit]cf.
Further reading
[edit]- “confer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
- cónfer | Diccionario de la lengua española (2001) | RAE - ASALE
- «ib.»/«ibid.», «cf.»/«cfr.» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE
Welsh
[edit]Verb
[edit]cf.
- cf.; abbreviation of cymharer, impersonal imperative of cymharu (“to compare”)
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