F

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

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TranslingualEdit

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]

LetterEdit

F (lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (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

SymbolEdit

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. (physics) farad

GalleryEdit

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

See alsoEdit

Other representations of F:

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EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Audio (UK)

(file)

LetterEdit

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.
   • 1945 August 17, George Orwell, chapter 3, in Animal Farm: A Fairy Story, London: Secker & Warburg, OCLC 3655473:

     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.

See alsoEdit

• (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

NumberEdit

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.

Etymology 2Edit

AbbreviationEdit

F

1. A euphemism for fuck.
2. A musical note.
3. false
4. father
5. female
6. forever
7. Friday
8. function (for the function keys on a computer keyboard)

   Press F1 for help.

9. (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company
10. (US, meteorology) Followed by a number from 0 to 5: a rating on the Fujita scale used to indicate the intensity of a tornado.

Coordinate termsEdit

• (gender): M, X

NounEdit

F (plural Fs)

1. A failing grade in a class or course. The next best grade is either a D or an E. Some institutions issue Es instead of Fs.
2. (in the UK) an academic grade lower than E but higher than G.
3. American Library Association Abbreviation ^{[please replace this header]} for folio-sized books, over 30 cm in height.

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AfarEdit

LetterEdit

F

1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See AlsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe F)

1. The letter F

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AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

F upper case (lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

F (capital, lowercase f)

1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a (Á á, Ä ä), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, Ë ë), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï, IJ ij), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y (Ý ý), Z z

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EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

(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

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FinnishEdit

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Usage notesEdit

• Used only in loanwords.

See alsoEdit

• (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

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [ʔɛf]

• Audio

  (file)

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

Derived termsEdit

• Schema F

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) Buchstabe; A a (Ä ä), 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 (Ö ö), P p, Q q, R r, S s (ẞ ß), T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /f/

LetterEdit

F (lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) litero; 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

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ItalianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛffe/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

LetterEdit

F m, f (invariable, lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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LatvianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): [f]

(file)

LetterEdit

F

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Usage notesEdit

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).

See alsoEdit

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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MalayEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛf]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [f]

LetterEdit

F

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) 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

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /fe/, /ef/

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by E and followed by G.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

LetterEdit

F (lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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SloveneEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

F (capital, lowercase f)

1. The 7th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by E and followed by G.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) čŕka; A a, B b, C c, Č č, 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, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /fæ/

LetterEdit

F upper case (lower case f)

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

Usage notesEdit

1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by G and followed by Q.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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SpanishEdit

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o (Ó ó), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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ZuluEdit

LetterEdit

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See alsoEdit

• (Latin-script letters) 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