SF

See also: sf, Sf, S.F., and S. F.

Translingual

Symbol

SF

  1. (international standards) Indeterminately reserved ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Finland.
    Synonym: FI (for general use)

Usage notes

This is an indeterminately reserved code, included as part of ISO 3166-1 due to its use in designating road vehicles under the 1949 Geneva Convention on Road Traffic and formerly the 1968 Vienna Convention on Road Traffic, and is not endorsed for general use by the ISO. The general-purpose code for Finland is FI.

English

Noun

SF (countable and uncountable, plural SFs)

  1. (fiction) Initialism of science fiction or speculative fiction, often used to avoid having to choose between the two.
  2. Initialism of square feet.
  3. Initialism of spontaneous fission.
  4. (basketball) Initialism of small forward.
  5. (sports) Abbreviation of semifinal.
    Coordinate terms: QF, F, FA, FB, FC, FD

Descendants

  • Japanese: エスエフ, SF (SF)

Proper noun

SF

  1. Initialism of San Francisco.
  2. (Ireland, UK politics) Initialism of Sinn Féin; an Irish political party.
  3. (video games) Initialism of Street Fighter.
  4. (motor racing) Initialism of Super Formula.

Adjective

SF

  1. (in personal ads) Initialism of smoker-friendly: not objecting to people who smoke tobacco

Anagrams

Japanese

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) スエフ [èsúéfú] (Heiban – [0])
  • IPA(key): [e̞sɨᵝe̞ɸɯ̟ᵝ]

Noun

SF(エスエフ) • (esuefu) 

  1. (fiction) SF: Abbreviation of サイエンス・フィクション (science fiction).

Proper noun

SF (エスエフ; Esu Efu)

  1. (motor racing) SF: Abbreviation of スーパーフォーミュラ (Super Formula).
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