f

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

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Translingual

f U+0066, f LATIN SMALL LETTER F ← e [U+0065] Basic Latin g → [U+0067]

ｆ U+FF46, ｆ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER F ← ｅ [U+FF45] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｇ → [U+FF47]

𝆑 U+1D191, 𝆑 MUSICAL SYMBOL FORTE ← 𝆐 [U+1D190] Musical Symbols 𝆒 → [U+1D192]

Etymology

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅‎ (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

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Symbol

f

1. (music) forte
2. (IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative
3. (physics) frequency
4. (optics) focal length
5. (linguistics) feminine gender

Gallery

• Letter styles
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  Normal and italic F

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  Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of F:

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English

Etymology 1

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Audio (US)

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Audio (UK)

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• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
• See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

Letter

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

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• f-hole
• ff-hole

See also

• (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

Number

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Etymology 2

Symbol

f

1. (music) The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F♯) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• F clef: the bass clef. See under clef.

Noun

f

1. (printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
2. (euphemistic) fuck

   What the f do you think you're doing?

3. Alternative form of f.

Synonyms

• (folio paper and book size): F, fo

Derived terms

Derived terms

• effing and blinding

Translations

feminine

• Hebrew: נ‎ (he) (n)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can

• Marathi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅg)
• Russian: ж (ru) (ž)

See also

• F
• c
• m
• n

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛf
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• Previous letter: e
• Next letter: g

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (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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Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

See also

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

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Gothic

Romanization

f

1. Romanization of 𐍆

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Ido

Pronunciation

• (context pronunciation) IPA^(key): /f/
• (letter name) IPA^(key): /fe/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Italian

Noun

f m or f (invariable)

1. See under F

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Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f]

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Letter

F

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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 also

• 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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Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

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Malay

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Norwegian

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /efː/, /ɛfː/
• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

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Letter

f

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

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (BR)

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fe/, /ef/

Letter

f (lowercase, capital F)

1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (uppercase) F

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by e and followed by g.

Preposition

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

1. (Kajkavian) in, at (location) [+locative]
2. (Kajkavian) to, into (direction) [+accusative]
3. (Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (time) [+accusative]
4. (Kajkavian) in, during (time) [+accusative]

Synonyms

• u, v, vu

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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Spanish

Pronunciation

(letter name)

• IPA^(key): /ˈefe/

• Audio (Spain)

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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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Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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