eff

See also: EFF

English

Alternative forms

• ef

Etymology

A phonetic spelling of the letter f (normally spelled ef), the initial letter of the vulgar term fuck. Compare pee.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĕf, IPA^(key): /ɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

eff (third-person singular simple present effs, present participle effing, simple past and past participle effed)

1. (euphemistic, slang) Fuck.

   Eff off!

   And he kept saying, "Effing this, effing that."

Usage notes

Eff is used to replace fuck as a taboo swearword but not in its sense of "to copulate".

Derived terms

• eff all
• eff and blind
• effing
• eff off

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Estonian

Noun

eff (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

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Faroese

Noun

eff n (genitive singular efs, plural eff)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Declension

n9	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	eff	effið	eff	effini
Accusative	eff	effið	eff	effini
Dative	effi	effinum	effum	effunum
Genitive	efs	efsins	effa	effanna

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) bókstavur; a / fyrra a, á, be, de, edd, e, eff, ge, há, i / fyrra i, í / fyrra í, jodd, ká, ell, emm, enn, o, ó, pe, err, ess, te, u, ú, ve, seinna i, seinna í, seinna a, ø

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛfː/
• Rhymes: -ɛfː

Noun

eff n (genitive singular effs, nominative plural eff)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Declension

declension of eff

n-s	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	eff	effið	eff	effin
accusative	eff	effið	eff	effin
dative	effi	effinu	effum	effunum
genitive	effs	effsins	effa	effanna

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Võro

Noun

eff (genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Inflection

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