ef
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ef (plural efs)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
- 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:
- I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
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name of the letter F, f
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- (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
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ef
- (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of if, representing dialectal English.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw[1]:
- Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child, ef Rosebud hadn’t interfered.
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ef n (indeclinable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
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Icelandic edit
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From Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.
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ef
Indonesian edit
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èf
- The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.
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- (Latin-script letter names) huruf; a, be, ce, de, e, ef, ge, ha, i, je, ka, el, em, en, o, pe, ki, er, es, te, u, ve, we, eks, ye, zet
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- “ef” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
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ef f (indeclinable)
- The name of the letter F.
Usage notes edit
- 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 edit
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References edit
- 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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ef m (invariable)
- The Latvian name of the Latin script letter F/f.
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- Latvian letter names:
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ef m inan
- The name of the Latin-script letter f.
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éf (plural ef-ef)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.
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Old French edit
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ef oblique singular, m (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)
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- Picard: é
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ef)
Old Norse edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Germanic *jabai, originally the dative of *jabą (“doubt”), whence ef (“doubt”).
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ef
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Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Germanic *jabą.
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ef
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Declension of ef (strong a-stem)
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- iflaust (“doubtless, undoubted”)
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ef
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English ef, the English name of the letter F/f.
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- (Standard Tagalog)
- Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
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ef (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F/f, in the Filipino alphabet.
- Synonym: (in the Abecedario) efe
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- (Latin-script letter names) titik; ey, bi, si, di, i, ef, dyi, eyts, ay, dyey, key, el, em, en, enye, en dyi, o, pi, kyu, ar, es, ti, yu, vi, dobolyu, eks, way, zi
Further reading edit
- “ef”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Welsh edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Indo-European *éy.
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