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F

See also: Ғ, 𠂋, and Appendix:Variations of "f"

F U+0046, F
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
← E
[U+0045] 		Basic Latin G →
[U+0047]
Ｆ U+FF26, Ｆ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
← Ｅ
[U+FF25] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｇ →
[U+FF27]

Translingual

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Etymology

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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.

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F (lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol

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F

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for fluorine.
  2. (metrology) Symbol for farad.
  3. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
  5. (physics) force
  6. (medicine) Symbol for the French gauge.
    Coordinate term: G (“Birmingham gauge”)
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a fricative
    synonyms: S for a sibilant fricative
  8. (linguistics) falling tone
    synonyms: more commonly HL, or more specifically HM or ML
  9. (Voice Quality Symbols) falsetto
  10. (clothing) Bra cup size.
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  • Letter styles
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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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English

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Piano keyboard with white keys labeled

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (UK):(file)

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

  1. 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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Number

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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F

  1. (music)
    1. The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
    2. The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
    3. On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
    4. The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of full, fully.
  2. (stenoscript) suffixes -full, -fully.

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F

  1. (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
    Synonyms: Ford (common short form), FMC (initialism)

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F (not comparable)

  1. Abbreviation of false.
    Antonym: T
  2. Abbreviation of female.
    Coordinate terms: M, X
  3. (philately) Abbreviation of fine.
  4. (numismatic slang) Abbreviation of fine.
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Noun

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F (plural Fs)

  1. An academic grade, specifically:
    2. A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
    3. (UK) A grade lower than E but higher than G.
  2. A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
  3. In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
  4. Abbreviation of fellow.
    FGS ― fellow of the Geological Society
    FRS ― fellow of the Royal Society
  5. (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
  6. (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
  7. Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
    Press F1 for help.
  8. (bacteriology) Abbreviation of fertility factor.

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F

  1. Abbreviation of various proper names.
  2. Abbreviation of Fahrenheit.
  3. Abbreviation of Father, as a title given to priests.
    Synonym: Fr
  4. Abbreviation of French.
  5. Abbreviation of Friday.
    Synonym: Fri

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F (third-person singular simple present F's, present participle F'ing, simple past and past participle F'ed)

  1. (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

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  This entry needs quotations to illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting, durably archived quotes then please add them!
Particularly: “Ideally on its own, not in the phrases press F to pay respects, F in the chat.”

See press F to pay respects.

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F

  1. (Internet slang, Twitch) Used to indicate regret for an unfortunate event.
    • 2022 March 18, Linus Tech Tips, tweet by @LinusTech‎[1]:
      big F for google maps

Afar

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F

  1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Afrikaans

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Noun

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F (plural F's, diminutive F'ie)

  1. F

Azerbaijani

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F upper case (lower case f)

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

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Basque

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called efe and written in the Latin script.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /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.

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F

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

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Doubling of F
  • 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

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Pronunciation 1

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Note: Often realised as 7ɛq 6fu.

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F

  1. The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet.

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F

  1. The sixth letter used in Pinyin.
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  • 《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

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F (capital, lowercase f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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Elfdalian

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  • ᚠ (Dalecarlian runes)

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F (upper case F, lower case f)

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

Esperanto

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. 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

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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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.

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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Noun

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F

  1. Alternative letter-case form of f (“F (musical note)”)

German

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛf/, [ʔɛf]
  • (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.

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

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Hungarian

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The eleventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

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Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
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
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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Ido

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F (lower case f)

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

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Indonesian

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Italian

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F f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet, called effe and written in the Latin script.

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Kashubian

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Etymology

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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)

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

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Latvian

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Etymology

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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)

  1. The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

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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

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F

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

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Norwegian Bokmål

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F (lowercase f)

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

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Nupe

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Polish

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Etymology

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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)

  1. The ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

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Portuguese

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Romani

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. (International Standard) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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Romanian

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ef, fe, or fî and written in the Latin script.

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Scottish Gaelic

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. 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

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Etymology

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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.

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Skolt Sami

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F (lower case f)

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

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Slovene

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Etymology

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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.

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  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of F

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v]
• (Standard Slovene, non-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
Pronunciation of F [fə̀, èf] (ə̏, ȅ)
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə̂], [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [fə̏], [ȅf]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə], [ˈɛf], SNPT: [fə̀], [èf],
Audio:(file)
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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.

Miscellaneous

• Rhymes: -ə, -ɛf (ə̀, èf) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: F
• Homophone: f (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophone: f (non-tonal only)


• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *fə̀
    • Carinthian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    • Pannonian dialect plane: *fə̏

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
  3. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

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F m inan

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

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  • First pronunciation
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix
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)
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)
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
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

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Further reading

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  • “F”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Somali

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F upper case (lower case f)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called fa and written in the Latin script.

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  1. 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

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. the sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Spanish F. Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English F.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish F.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Tagalog)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔɛf] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔɛp] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
      • Rhymes: -ef (letter name, Filipino alphabet), (more native-sounding) -ep (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA(key): /ˈʔefe/ [ˈʔɛː.fɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
      • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔepe/ [ˈʔɛː.pɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
      • Rhymes: -efe (letter name, Abecedario), (more native-sounding) -epe (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA(key): /f/ [f] (phoneme)
      • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /p/ [p] (phoneme)

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F (upper case, lower case f, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)

  1. The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ef and written in the Latin script.

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  • 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.

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F (upper case, lower case f, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒ)

  1. (historical) The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called efe and written in the Latin script.

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  • “F”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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Welsh

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èf and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by E and followed by Ff.

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  • 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

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called fí and written in the Latin script.

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Zulu

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F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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