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Translingual edit
Etymology edit
From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.
Letter edit
F (lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
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- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter F): Ḟḟ Ƒƒ ᵮ ᶂ ꜰ Ff ff fi ffi fl ffl
Symbol edit
F
- (chemistry) Symbol for fluorine.
- (metrology) Symbol for farad.
- (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
- (physics) force
- (medicine) Symbol for the French gauge.
- Coordinate term: G (“Birmingham gauge”)
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a fricative
- (linguistics) falling tone
- (Voice Quality Symbols) falsetto
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Gallery edit
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Uppercase and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type
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Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur
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Other representations of F:
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛf
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f, plural Fs or F's)
- 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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- (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Number edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Symbol edit
F
- (music)
- The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
- The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
- On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
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Etymology 2 edit
Abbreviation.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of full, fully.
- (stenoscript) suffixes -full, -fully.
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F
Adjective edit
F (not comparable)
- Abbreviation of false.
- Antonym: T
- Abbreviation of female.
- (philately) Abbreviation of fine.
- (numismatic slang) Abbreviation of fine.
Translations edit
Noun edit
F (plural Fs)
- An academic grade, specifically:
- A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
- In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- Abbreviation of fellow.
- (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
- (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
- Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
- Press F1 for help.
- (bacteriology) Abbreviation of fertility factor.
Proper noun edit
F
- Abbreviation of various proper names.
- Abbreviation of Fahrenheit.
- Abbreviation of Father, as a title given to priests.
- Synonym: Fr
- Abbreviation of French.
- Abbreviation of Friday.
- Synonym: Fri
Verb edit
F (third-person singular simple present F's, present participle F'ing, simple past and past participle F'ed)
- (euphemistic) Initialism of fuck.
- 2011, Don Pendleton, Assassin's Code, page 139:
- "Oh, F you."
- 2012, Michelle Bogre, Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change:
- I'll be in tears on every second assignment; they're just like, "Oh f', this guy really cares."
- 2017, Richard Segal, Sunday Night at the Races:
- Oh F this for a laugh, ya get the yoke I'm sure now, ya doesn't has to explain.
Etymology 3 edit
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F
Afar edit
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F
- The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
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Afrikaans edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Afrikaans alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz
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Azerbaijani edit
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F upper case (lower case f)
- The eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Basque edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called efe and written in the Latin script.
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Central Franconian edit
Etymology edit
- /f/ is from West Germanic post-vocalic *p; from *p in lp, rp in Moselle Franconian; from *ff; from stem-initial *f except around Aachen and in the Netherlands.
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
F
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes edit
- In the German-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese edit
Pronunciation 1 edit
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F
- The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2 edit
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F
- The sixth letter used in Pinyin.
Usage notes edit
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
- The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄈ (ê̄f), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.
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Dutch edit
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F (capital, lowercase f)
- The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
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Elfdalian edit
Alternative forms edit
- ᚠ (Dalecarlian runes)
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F (upper case F, lower case f)
- The eighth letter of the Elfdalian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- 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 edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- Used only in loanwords.
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
The Finnish orthography using the Latin script was based on those of Swedish, German and Latin, and was first used in the mid-16th century. No earlier script is known. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and F for information on the development of the glyph itself.
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äf or ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- Used only in loanwords.
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- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
Noun edit
F
- Alternative letter-case form of f (“F (musical note)”)
German edit
Pronunciation edit
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛf/, [ʔɛf]
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- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
- The pronunciation /v/ for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers fünf, elf, zwölf, as well as inflections of doof. Here the pronunciation /f/ usually sounds “wrong” to speakers from northern and central Germany, though it is normal in Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, and (partially) southern Germany. Northern speakers may also use /v/ in other words (e.g. inflections of schief, steif), but these are informal.
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the German alphabet.
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Hungarian edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The eleventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | F | F-ek |
accusative | F-et | F-eket |
dative | F-nek | F-eknek |
instrumental | F-fel | F-ekkel |
causal-final | F-ért | F-ekért |
translative | F-fé | F-ekké |
terminative | F-ig | F-ekig |
essive-formal | F-ként | F-ekként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | F-ben | F-ekben |
superessive | F-en | F-eken |
adessive | F-nél | F-eknél |
illative | F-be | F-ekbe |
sublative | F-re | F-ekre |
allative | F-hez | F-ekhez |
elative | F-ből | F-ekből |
delative | F-ről | F-ekről |
ablative | F-től | F-ektől |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
F-é | F-eké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
F-éi | F-ekéi |
Possessive forms of F | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | F-em | F-jeim |
2nd person sing. | F-ed | F-jeid |
3rd person sing. | F-je | F-jei |
1st person plural | F-ünk | F-jeink |
2nd person plural | F-etek | F-jeitek |
3rd person plural | F-jük | F-jeik |
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- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
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F (lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Indonesian edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Italian edit
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F f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet, called effe and written in the Latin script.
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Kashubian edit
Etymology edit
The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and F for development of the glyph itself.
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The tenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Latvian edit
Etymology edit
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.
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
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 edit
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F
- The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Norwegian Bokmål edit
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F (lowercase f)
- The sixth letter of the Norwegian Bokmål alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Nupe edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and F for development of the glyph itself.
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
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Portuguese edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Romani edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- (International Standard) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- (Pan-Vlax) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
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F (upper case, lower case f)
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Scottish Gaelic edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by g. Its traditional name is feàrna (“alder”).
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Silesian edit
Etymology edit
The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and F for development of the glyph itself.
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The eighth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Skolt Sami edit
Pronunciation edit
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F (lower case f)
- The eleventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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Slovene edit
Etymology edit
From Gaj's Latin alphabet F, from Czech alphabet F, from Latin F, from the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Pronunciation as IPA(key): /fə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German f.
Pronunciation edit
- Phoneme
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
- Letter name
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə̂], [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [fə̏], [ȅf] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə], [ˈɛf], SNPT: [fə̀], [èf],
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• Rhymes: -ə, -ɛf (ə̀, èf) (non-tonal)
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Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The tenth letter of the Resian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
- The seventh letter of the Natisone Valley dialect alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Noun edit
F m inan
- The name of the Latin script letter F / f.
Inflection edit
- First pronunciation
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix | |||
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nom. sing. | F | ||
gen. sing. | F-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
F | F-ja | F-ji |
genitive rodȋlnik |
F-ja | F-jev | F-jev |
dative dajȃlnik |
F-ju, F-ji | F-jema | F-jem |
accusative tožȋlnik |
F | F-ja | F-je |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
F-ju, F-ji | F-jih | F-jih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
F-jem | F-jema | F-ji |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
F | F-ja | F-ji |
- Second pronunciation
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) | |||
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nom. sing. | F | ||
gen. sing. | F-a | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
F | F-a | F-i |
genitive rodȋlnik |
F-a | F-ov | F-ov |
dative dajȃlnik |
F-u, F-i | F-oma | F-om |
accusative tožȋlnik |
F | F-a | F-e |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
F-u, F-i | F-ih | F-ih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
F-om | F-oma | F-i |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
F | F-a | F-i |
- More common when with a definite adjective
Third masculine declension (no endings) | |||
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nom. sing. | F | ||
gen. sing. | F | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
F | F | F |
genitive rodȋlnik |
F | F | F |
dative dajȃlnik |
F | F | F |
accusative tožȋlnik |
F | F | F |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
F | F | F |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
F | F | F |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
F | F | F |
- First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate), -j- infix | |||
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nom. sing. | F | ||
gen. sing. | F-ja | ||
singular | dual | plural | |
nominative imenovȃlnik |
F | F-ja | F-ji |
genitive rodȋlnik |
F-ja | F-jov | F-jov |
dative dajȃlnik |
F-ju, F-ji | F-joma | F-jom |
accusative tožȋlnik |
F | F-ja | F-je |
locative mẹ̑stnik |
F-ju, F-ji | F-jih | F-jih |
instrumental orọ̑dnik |
F-jom | F-joma | F-ji |
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik) |
F | F-ja | F-ji |
See also edit
- (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
Further reading edit
- “F”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Somali edit
Pronunciation edit
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F upper case (lower case f)
- The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called fa and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- the sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet
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Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
From Spanish F. Each pronunciation has a different source:
- Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English F.
- Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish F.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: F
- (letter name, Filipino alphabet):
- (letter name, Abecedario):
- (phoneme):
- Rhymes: -ef, -ep, -efe, -epe
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)
- The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes edit
- This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.
- Some purists of Tagalog replace F in words with P.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒ)
- (historical) The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Abecedario), called efe and written in the Latin script.
Further reading edit
- “F”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.
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Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
Letter edit
F (upper case, lower case f)
- The eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èf and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by E and followed by Ff.
See also edit
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading edit
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “F”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
Yoruba edit
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called fí and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
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F (upper case, lower case f)
- The sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.