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F

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]
 
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F (lower case f)

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

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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

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

  • Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

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Other representations of F:

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

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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.
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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

Abbreviations

AdjectiveEdit

F

  1. false
  2. female

Proper nounEdit

F

  1. Friday
  2. (stock ticker symbol) Ford Motor Company

AbbreviationEdit

F

  1. (euphemistic) A euphemism for fuck.
  2. forever
  3. (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. In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
  4. A musical note (fa).
  5. father
  6. function (for the function keys on a computer keyboard)
    Press F1 for help.

Etymology 3Edit

From a funeral scene in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare where the player must press the F key ("Press F to pay respects") to proceed. Players originally ridiculed this forced interaction; however, as the term spread, netizens began using this term as a genuine way to pay tribute. Urban Dictionary view statistics suggests that genuine use became widespread around late 2017/early 2018.

InterjectionEdit

F

  1. (Internet slang) Used to profess respect for a deceased person, or for something that has been lost.
  2. (Internet slang) Used to express regret or disappointment about an unfortunate event or piece of information.
    • 2019, Petrana Radulovic, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate is getting even more DLC fighters, pray for Waluigi‎[1]:
      Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already boasts an impressive roster of Nintendo characters (sans Waluigi, press F to pay respects).

AfarEdit

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F

  1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign LanguageEdit

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  (transliteration needed) (Stokoe F)

  1. The letter F

AzerbaijaniEdit

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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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DutchEdit

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F (capital, lowercase f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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EsperantoEdit

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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

FinnishEdit

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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.

Usage notesEdit

  • Used only in loanwords.

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GermanEdit

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

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IdoEdit

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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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ItalianEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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

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F f (invariable, lower case f)

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

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LatvianEdit

 
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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

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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).

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MalayEdit

 
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PronunciationEdit

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F

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

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PortugueseEdit

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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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RomanianEdit

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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.

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Skolt SamiEdit

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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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SloveneEdit

 
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F (capital, lowercase f)

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

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SomaliEdit

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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.

Usage notesEdit

  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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SpanishEdit

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F (upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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TurkishEdit

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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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ZuluEdit

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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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