f

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

Translingual

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English Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Etymology

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

Letter

f (upper case F)

The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

IPA: (file)

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiceless labiodental fricative

Wikipedia

f

Gallery

Letter styles
Normal and italic F
Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Audio (US):

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Audio (UK):

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(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

Letter

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

The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Number

f (lower case, upper case F)

The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2

Symbol

f

(music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Derived terms

F clef: the bass clef. See under clef.

Noun

f

(printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
(euphemistic) fuck
What the f do you think you're doing?
Alternative form of f.

Synonyms

(folio paper and book size): F, fo

Derived terms

effing and blinding

Translations

feminine

Hebrew: נ (he) (n)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
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Marathi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga)
Russian: ж (ru) (ž)

Interjection

f

Alternative letter-case form of F

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

The eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

Dutch

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɛf
(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^et

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈefː/, [ˈefː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

The seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæf/, [ˈæf] (name of letter)
IPA^(key): /ˈef/, [ˈe̞f] (name of letter)
Audio: (file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Noun

f

(music) F (note)

Usage notes

Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension

Declension of f (type koira)

	singular	plural
nominative	f	f:t
genitive	f:n	f:ien
partitive	f:ää	f:iä
accusative	f f:n	f:t
inessive	f:ssä	f:issä
elative	f:stä	f:istä
illative	f:ään	f:iin
adessive	f:llä	f:illä
ablative	f:ltä	f:iltä
allative	f:lle	f:ille
essive	f:nä	f:inä
translative	f:ksi	f:iksi
abessive	f:ttä	f:ittä
instructive	–	f:in
comitative	–	f:ineen

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

Gothic

Romanization

f

Romanization of 𐍆

Icelandic

Pronunciation

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Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Ido

Pronunciation

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Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Italian

Noun

f m or f (invariable)

See under F

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^lv

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]

Audio:

(file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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).

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

The tenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Malay

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Norwegian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /efː/, /ɛfː/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
Audio: (file)

Letter

f

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Audio (BR): (file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fe/, /ef/

Letter

f (lowercase, capital F)

The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(uppercase) F

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by e and followed by g.

Preposition

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

(Kajkavian) in, at (location) [with locative]
(Kajkavian) to, into (direction) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (time) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) in, during (time) [with accusative]

Synonyms

u, v, vu

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

(letter name)

IPA^(key): /ˈefe/ [ˈe.fe]
Audio (Spain): (file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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