F
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Translingual
Etymology
From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.
See also
Symbol
F
- (chemistry) Symbol for fluorine.
- (metrology) Symbol for farad.
- (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
- (physics) force
- (medicine) Symbol for the French gauge.
- Coordinate term: G (“Birmingham gauge”)
- (linguistics) A wildcard for a fricative
- (linguistics) falling tone
- (Voice Quality Symbols) falsetto
- (clothing) Bra cup size.
Gallery
- Uppercase and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type
- Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur
See also
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Other representations of F:
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English
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɛf
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f, plural Fs or F's)
- The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D.
Derived terms
See also
Number
F (upper case, lower case f)
Symbol
F
- (music)
- The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
- The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
- On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys (see figure).
- The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation.
- (stenoscript) Abbreviation of full, fully.
- (stenoscript) suffixes -full, -fully.
Adjective
F (not comparable)
Noun
F (plural Fs)
- An academic grade, specifically:
- A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of fine).
- In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
- Abbreviation of fellow.
- (nautical) Abbreviation of fog, as in a ship's log.
- (US, meteorology) Initialism of Fujita (followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado).
- the F-scale ; an F3 tornado
- Initialism of function (followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard).
- Press F1 for help.
- (bacteriology) Abbreviation of fertility factor.
Proper noun
F
Verb
F (third-person singular simple present F's, present participle F'ing, simple past and past participle F'ed)
- (euphemistic) Initialism of fuck.
- 2011, Don Pendleton, Assassin's Code, page 139:
- "Oh, F you."
- 2012, Michelle Bogre, Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change:
- I'll be in tears on every second assignment; they're just like, "Oh f', this guy really cares."
- 2017, Richard Segal, Sunday Night at the Races:
- Oh F this for a laugh, ya get the yoke I'm sure now, ya doesn't has to explain.
Etymology 3
Afar
Letter
F
- The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.
Azerbaijani
Letter
F upper case (lower case f)
Central Franconian
Etymology
- /f/ is from West Germanic post-vocalic *p; from *p in lp, rp in Moselle Franconian; from *ff; from stem-initial *f except around Aachen and in the Netherlands.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f/
Letter
F
- A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
- A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
Usage notes
- In the German-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
- In the Dutch-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Chinese
Pronunciation 1
Definitions
F
- The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet.
Pronunciation 2
Usage notes
- 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
- The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
- The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄈ (ê̄f), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.
See also
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (file)
Elfdalian
Alternative forms
- ᚠ (Dalecarlian runes)
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /fo/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
Audio (file)
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Finnish
Etymology
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.
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Usage notes
- Used only in loanwords.
See also
German
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛf/, [ʔɛf]
Audio (file)
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
- The pronunciation /v/ for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers fünf, elf, zwölf, as well as inflections of doof. Here the pronunciation /f/ usually sounds “wrong” to speakers from northern and central Germany, though it is normal in Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, and (partially) southern Germany. Northern speakers may also use /v/ in other words (e.g. inflections of schief, steif), but these are informal.
Derived terms
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈf]
- (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛfː]
Audio (file)
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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
See also
- (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f/
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Italian
Pronunciation
- (letter name) IPA(key): /ˈɛf.fe/
- Rhymes: -ɛffe
- (phonemic realization) IPA(key): /f/
Letter
F f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case f)
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 (upper case, lower case 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]
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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).
Malay
Pronunciation
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ɛf]
- (Phoneme) IPA(key): [f]
Norwegian Bokmål
Letter
F (lowercase f)
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): /f/, or IPA(key): /v/ if voiced
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Portuguese
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Romani
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f/
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
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 (upper case, lower case f)
Slovene
Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet F, from Czech alphabet F, from Latin F, from the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the 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
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v] |
Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
- Letter name
• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə̂], [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [fə̏], [ȅf] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA(key): [ˈfə], [ˈɛf], SNPT: [fə̀], [èf],
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Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.
• Rhymes: -ə, -ɛf (ə̀, èf) (non-tonal)
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Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Inflection
- First pronunciation
First masculine declension (soft o-stem, inanimate) , -j- infix | |||
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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 |
- Second pronunciation
First masculine declension (hard o-stem, inanimate) | |||
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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) | |||
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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 | |||
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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 |
See also
Further reading
- “F”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Spanish
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔɛf] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔɛp] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- Rhymes: -ef (letter name, Filipino alphabet), (more native-sounding) -ep (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔefe/ [ˈʔɛ.fɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
- IPA(key): (more native-sounding) /ˈʔepe/ [ˈʔɛ.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/ [p] (phoneme)
- IPA(key): /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔɛf] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
Letter
F (upper case, lower 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.
See also
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒ)
- (historical) The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called efe and written in the Latin script.
Further reading
- “F”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Turkish
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /ɛv/
- (informal) IPA(key): /v(ː)/
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
Further reading
- 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
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
- (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y
Zulu
Letter
F (upper case, lower case f)