ef

See also ef-, and EF

English

Noun

ef (plural efs)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee/zed ^{(Category: en:Latin letter names)}

Derived terms

• eff

Translations

name of the letter F, f

• Arabic: إف (ar) ('ef) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto: fo (eo)
• Finnish: äf (fi)
• Hindi: एफ़ (hi) (ef), एफ (hi) (eph)
• Italian: effe (it) m and f
• Japanese: エフ (ja) (efu)

• Korean: 에프 (ko) (epeu)
• Latin: ef (la)
• Malay: ef (ms)
• Marathi: एफ (mr) (efa)
• Portuguese: efe (pt) m
• Russian: эф (ru) (ef) n
• Spanish: efe (es) f
• Thai: แอฟ (th) (àef)
• Turkish: fe (tr)

Anagrams

• FE, Fe

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Esperanto

Noun

ef (plural ef-oj, accusative singular ef-on, accusative plural ef-ojn)

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

See also

• (Latin script letter names) litero; a, bo/‎be, co/‎ce, ĉo/‎ĉa, do/‎de, e, fo/‎ef, go/‎ge, ĝo/‎ĝe, ho/‎ha, ĥo/‎ĥi, i, jo/‎je, ĵo/‎ĵi, ko/‎ka, lo/‎el, mo/‎om, no/‎en, o, po/‎pa, ro/‎ar, so/‎es, ŝo/‎eŝ, to/‎ta, u, ŭo/‎eŭ, vo/‎vi, zo/‎ze ^{(Category: eo:Latin letter names)}

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Icelandic

Conjunction

ef

1. if, when

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ef/, X-SAMPA: /ef/

Noun

ef (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter F.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letter F, f have been suggested. The most common is ef or a syllabic f, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, fē, əf, fə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιφφε (iphphe).

Coordinate terms

• (Latin’s names for the letters of its own alphabet): ā (A), bē (B), cē (C), dē (D), ē (E), ef (F), gē (G), hā (H), ī (I), kā (K), el (L), em (M), en (N), ō (O), pē (P), kū (Q), er (R), es (S), tē (T), ū (V), ix / īx / ex (X), ȳ (Y), zēta (Z)

References

• Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

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Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ɛf]

Noun

ef m, invariable

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

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē}, ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)

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Old French

Alternative forms

• e
• ep

Etymology

From Latin apis, apem.

Noun

ef m (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)

1. bee

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881)

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Old Saxon

Conjunction

ef

1. if, when

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Welsh

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

• X-SAMPA: Ev

Pronoun

ef

1. he; him.

Usage notes

Ef is primarily a feature of Literary Welsh. Colloquial Welsh uses e or o instead.