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f

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English Online Dictionary. What means f‎? What does f mean?

Translingual

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)

The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Symbol

(music) forte
(IPA) a voiceless labiodental fricative.
(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].
(physics) frequency
(optics) focal length
(linguistics) feminine gender

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Letter styles

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/

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

Letter

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

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

Usage notes

eff as a verb.

Derived terms

Number

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

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

Symbol

(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

F clef (the bass clef. See under clef)

Noun

(printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
Synonyms: F, fo
(euphemistic) Abbreviation of fuck.
(grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.
Coordinate terms: m (“masculine”), n (“neuter”)

Alternative form: f.

Derived terms

effing and blinding

Translations

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

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

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈefː/, [ˈefː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Finnish

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈæf/, [ˈæf] (letter name)
IPA^(key): /ˈef/, [ˈe̞f] (letter name, dated)
Rhymes: -æf

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Noun

(music) F (note)

Usage notes

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

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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

Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐍆

Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): [ˈf]
(letter name): IPA^(key): [ˈɛfː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Declension

Derived terms

f-moll

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛfː/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/
(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Irish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Italian

Letter

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

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

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(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

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

References

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

Kashubian

Etymology

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Latin

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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).

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Malay

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (upercase F)

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

Usage notes

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

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Old English

Letter

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

Polish

Etymology

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

IPA^(key): /ˈɛf/

Letter

f (upper case F, lower case)

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

(International Standard) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
(Pan-Vlax) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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”).

Etymology 2

Adverb

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

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

F (uppercase)

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

Preposition

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

(Kajkavian) in, at (location) [with locative]
(Kajkavian) to, into (direction) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (time) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) in, during (time) [with accusative]

Synonyms

u, v, vu

Silesian

Etymology

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.

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Slovene

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

Phoneme

Letter name

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

Symbol

(SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [f].

Noun

f m inan

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

Inflection

First pronunciation

Second pronunciation

More common when with a definite adjective

First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

Etymology 2

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

Interjection

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

Noun

f m inan

(slang, euphemistic, usually in nominative case) fuck
Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck

Inflection

Etymology 3

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

Noramlly

Otside usual context

Preposition

(dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with accusative) into, in
(dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with locative) in, at

Usage notes

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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈefe/ [ˈe.fe]
Rhymes: -efe

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Swedish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

(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

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

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

Usage notes

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.

Letter

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

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

Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

(standard) IPA^(key): /ɛv/
- (informal) IPA^(key): /v(ː)/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

The eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èf and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by ff.

Yoruba

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/
(letter name): IPA^(key): /fí/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f

f

Translingual

Etymology

Letter

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Pronunciation

Symbol

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English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

Derived terms

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Number

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Symbol

Derived terms

Noun

Derived terms

Translations

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Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

Letter

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Basque

Pronunciation

Letter

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Letter

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

Letter

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Estonian

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

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Faroese

Pronunciation

Letter

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

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Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Derived terms

French

Pronunciation

Letter

Fula

Pronunciation

Letter

Usage notes

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Gothic

Romanization

Hungarian

Pronunciation

Letter

Declension

Derived terms

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Further reading

Icelandic