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

Translingual

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English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Letter

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f (upper case F)

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

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Pronunciation

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  • Pronunciation of IPA [ɑffɑʔ] with the sound [f]:(file)

Symbol

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f

  1. (music) forte
  2. (IPA) a voiceless labiodental fricative.
  3. (superscript ⟨ᶠ⟩, IPA) [f]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [pᶠ], sometimes implying an affricate [p͜f]); [f]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [f].
  4. (physics) frequency
  5. (optics) focal length
  6. (linguistics) feminine gender
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Other representations of F:

English

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Etymology 1

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Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’
Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’

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

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (US):(file)
Audio (UK):(file)
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
  • (letter name): Rhymes: -ɛf
  • See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

Letter

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

  1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Usage notes
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eff as a verb.

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Number

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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.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

f

  1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
  2. (stenoscript) prefix for-.
  3. (stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

Symbol

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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.
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Noun

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f

  1. (printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
    Synonyms: F, fo
  2. (euphemistic) Abbreviation of fuck.
    What the f do you think you're doing?
  3. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.
    Coordinate terms: m (masculine), n (neuter)
    Alternative form: f.
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Azerbaijani

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f lower case (upper case F)

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

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Basque

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Dutch

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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  • Previous letter: e
  • Next letter: g

Esperanto

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Estonian

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Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

Pronunciation

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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Faroese

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f (upper case F)

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

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Finnish

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Etymology 1

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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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Letter

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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
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  • Used only in loanwords.
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Etymology 2

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German musical notation.

Noun

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f

  1. (music) F (note)
Usage notes
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Capitalized for the great octave or any octave below that, or in names of major keys; not capitalized for the small octave or any octave above that, or in names of minor keys.

Declension
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compounds

French

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Fula

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Pronunciation

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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Gothic

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Romanization

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f

  1. Romanization of 𐍆

Hungarian

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Declension

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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

Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • (speech sound, letter, abbreviation): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (musical sound, its symbol, or its key or chord position): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (interjection expressing pain): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • f in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛfː/

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f (upper case F)

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

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Ido

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Pronunciation

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

Letter

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f (upper case F)

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

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Indonesian

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Irish

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Italian

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Letter

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

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

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Tagalog f. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English f.

Pronunciation

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  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔef]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔep]
    • Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/ [f]
    • IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /p/ [p]

Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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References

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  • Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

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.

Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Latin

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

  1. A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /f/

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Latvian

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Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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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Letter

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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

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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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Livonian

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f (upper case F)

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

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Malay

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Maltese

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /f/
  • IPA(key): /v/ (per assimilation to a following voiced obstruent)

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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North Frisian

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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  • For the alternation between ⟨f⟩ and ⟨w⟩, see this latter.

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Norwegian

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Pronunciation

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  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ɛfː], [æfː]
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [f], [fː]

Letter

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f (upercase F)

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

Usage notes

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In Norwegian runic inscriptions from 17-19 centuries this letter is usually written as .

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Nupe

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Pronunciation

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Old English

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Letter

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f

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

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.

Pronunciation

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Letter

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f (upper case F, lower case)

  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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Romani

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper 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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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology 1

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper 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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Etymology 2

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Adverb

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f

  1. Abbreviation of feasgar ((in the) afternoon, post meridiem); pm, p.m.
    Antonyms: m, sa mhadainn

Serbo-Croatian

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Alternative forms

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  • F (uppercase)

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Letter

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f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

Preposition

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f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

Synonyms

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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 (lower case, upper 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 (upper 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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Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Etymology 1

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From Gaj's Latin alphabet f, from Czech alphabet f, which is a modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek 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
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f (lower case, upper 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.

Symbol

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f

  1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [f].

Noun

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f m inan

  1. The name of the Latin script letter F / f.
  2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /f/.
Inflection
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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
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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

Etymology 2

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From f, an abbreviation for fuck, from Middle English *fukken, probably from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (to strike, punch, stab).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

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f

  1. (slang, euphemistic, usually in phrase f you / f ju) fuck
    Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck

Noun

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f m inan

  1. (slang, euphemistic, usually in nominative case) fuck
    Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck
    Ne vem kaj za f je narobe z mano.
    I don't know what the f is wrong with me.
Inflection
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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 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-ev f-ev
dative
dajȃlnik
f-u, f-i f-ema f-em
accusative
tožȋlnik
f f-a f-e
locative
mẹ̑stnik
f-u, f-i f-ih f-ih
instrumental
orọ̑dnik
f-em f-ema f-i
(vocative)
(ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)
f f-a f-i

Etymology 3

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A dialectal variant of v made by analogy to s/z in dialects where [w] turned into [v] and got its devoiced part, [f].

Pronunciation

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  • Noramlly
  • Otside usual context

Preposition

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f

  1. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with accusative) into, in
    • 2020 July 24, “Dejo: Pa kdu je ta Branko?”, in Radio Odeon[2]:
      I ko ne vrjameš več v njega, on še skus vrjame f tebe.
      And when you don't believe in him anymore, he still believes in you.
  2. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with locative) in, at
Usage notes
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This variant of preposition v is used only before words that start with a devoiced consonant and binds to the syllable of the following word or geminates [f] if the following word starts with it.

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Further reading

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  • f”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Spanish

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Swedish

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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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/ [ˈʔɛp̚] (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/ [p̚] (phoneme)

Letter

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

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

Usage notes

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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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Letter

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

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

Further reading

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  • f”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

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Letter

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Turkmen

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f (upper case F)

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

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Welsh

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f (lower case, upper 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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

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Zulu

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f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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