f.

See also: f@, F., f, F, ḟ, Ḟ, .f, and Appendix:Variations of “f”

English

Etymology

The "and the following" sense is derived from an abbreviation of Latin folio (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”).

Noun

f. (uncountable)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.

Adjective

f. (not comparable)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.
2. (biology) Abbreviation of form. Used in certain three-part names
3. (postpositive) and the following (page, paragraph, etc.)
   • 1941, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, “Index”, in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, reprint of third revised edition, published 1995, →ISBN, page 445:

     “Alphabet of Rabbi Akiba,” 51. 66. 360 f., 364 f., 367

Usage notes

• When used in the sense "and the following", f. usually has no space between it and the preceding number and is followed by a period. If more than one following section is meant, ff. is used.

Synonyms

• (and the following): et seq.

Related terms

• (and the following): ff.

Translations

and the following

• German: f. (de)

Faroese

Etymology

Abbreviation of føddur m, fødd f

Adjective

f.

1. born

   Jóannes Patursson, f. 6. mai 1866 í Kirkjubø, d. 2. august 1946 (read: føddur)

   Jóannes Patursson, born 6th of May 1866 in Kirkjubø, died 2nd of August 1946

   Marita Petersen, f. 21. oktober 1940 í Vági, d. 26. august 2001 (read: fødd)

   Marita Petersen, born 21st of October 1940 in Vági, died 26th of August 2001

Antonyms

• d. (deyður, deyð = dead)

German

Noun

f.

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of Femininum.

Adjective

f. (indeclinable)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminin.

   Synonym: w.

2. (of a page) Abbreviation of folgende (singular) (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English f., et seq.. Compare ff.
   • 1926–8, Leumann–Hofmann–Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik I: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre (2nd ed., 1977), Formenlehre Nomen II.B, § 273:1.d, page 290:

     Lit. zu den Gentilicia (aus Patronymika): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (bei etrusk. Namenstämmen älter noch -aeus), 457 f. -eius und -uleius; dazu 284 lēguleius sterteius. – Unhaltbar ist die morphologische Analyse bei Schulze 435 f.: idg. Suffix -ios bei e/o-Nomina sowohl mit als ohne Stammauslaut, daher einerseits -e-ijos gr. -ειος lat. -eius, andrerseits gr. -ιος lat. -ius. Das Hauptzeugnis für gr. -ειος, der aeol. Gebrauch von patronym. -ειος bei o-Stämmen, ist eine Neuerung; dieses -ειος ist als Universalsuffix auch bei Kons.-Stämmen verwendet; und es stammt als -ios-Ableitung von den Namen auf -ης, so -ειος neben -ης in Thessalien, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης als -εις geschrieben) l. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; auf Lesbos patronym. 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, weibl. 621, 11 als Name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; das Muster für mask. -γένειος usw. war vermutlich nicht-patronym. fem. -εια (hom. ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια oder -κλέεια). – Unhaltbar über lat. -eius gleich griech. aeol. -ειος Solta 8⁷.

     Literature pertaining to nomina gentilicia (from patronyms): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (older still in Etruscan name stems -aeus), 457 f. -eius and -uleius; as in 284 lēguleius sterteius. – The morphological analysis in Schulze 435 f. is indefensible: Indo-Germanic suffix -ios with e/o-nouns both with and without stem-final vowels, hence on the one hand -e-ijos Greek -ειος Latin -eius, on the other hand Greek -ιος Latin -ius. The main evidence for Greek -ειος, the Aeolic use of patronymic -ειος with o-stems, is an innovation; this -ειος is used as a universal suffix with consonant stems; and it derives from nouns in -ης as a -ios-derivation, thus -ειος [is] near -ης in Thessaly, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης written as -εις) vid. 80 f. Ἱπποκράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; patronymic on Lesbos 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, fem. 621, 11 as the name Ἑλλανοκράτεια; the example for the masculine -γένειος etc. was presumably the non-patronymic fem. -εια (Homeric ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύκλεια or -κλέεια). – Indefensible in Latin -eius like Aeolic Greek -ειος Solta 8⁷.

Preposition

f. (+ accusative)

1. Abbreviation of für.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfojoː]

Adjective

f. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of folyó (“current”).

Icelandic

Etymology

Abbreviation of fæddur m, fædd f, fætt n

Adjective

f.

1. born

Antonyms

• d. (dauður m, dauð f, dautt n = dead)

Lithuanian

Noun

f. f (indeclinable)

1. Abbreviation of fòrma.

See also

• pagr. f.

Swedish

Adjective

f.

1. (lexicography) born; Abbreviation of född.
2. former; Abbreviation of förre.

Preposition

f.

1. for, of; Abbreviation of för.

   Inst. f. datalogi

   Dept. of computer science

See also

• f.d.
• f.Kr.

Walloon

Adjective

f.

1. Abbreviation of femrin.