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F

See also:Ғ,𠂋,andAppendix:Variations of "f"

FU+0046,F
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
←E
[U+0045] 		Basic Latin G→
[U+0047]
Character variations
ＦU+FF26,Ｆ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
←Ｅ
[U+FF25] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｇ→
[U+FF27]
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Afar•Afrikaans•Azerbaijani•Basque•Central Franconian•Chinese•Dutch•Elfdalian•Esperanto•Estonian•Finnish•French•German•Hungarian•Icelandic•Ido•Indonesian•Irish•Italian•Kashubian•Latin•Latvian•Malay•Norwegian Bokmål•Nupe•Polish•Portuguese•Romani•Romanian•Scottish Gaelic•Silesian•Skolt Sami•Slovene•Somali•Spanish•Swedish•Tagalog•Turkish•Welsh•Yoruba•Zulu
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Translingual

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Etymology

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From theEtruscanletter𐌅(v,“ve”),from theAncient GreekletterϜ(W,“digamma”),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤅(w,“waw”),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓏲.

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F(lower casef)

  1. The sixth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

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Symbol

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F

  1. (chemistry)Symbol forfluorine.
  2. (metrology)Symbol forfarad.
  3. (computing)Hexadecimalsymbol for 15.
  4. (biochemistry)IUPAC1-letter abbreviation forphenylalanine
  5. (physics)force
  6. (medicine)Symbol for theFrench gauge.
    Coordinate term:G(“Birmingham gauge”)
  7. (linguistics)Awildcardfor africative
    synonyms:Sfor asibilantfricative
  8. (linguistics)fallingtone
    synonyms: more commonlyHL,or more specificallyHMorML
  9. (Voice Quality Symbols)falsetto
  10. (clothing)Bracup size.
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  • Letter styles
  • Uppercase and lowercase versions ofF,in normal and italic type
  • Uppercase and lowercaseFinFraktur

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Other representations of F:

English

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Piano keyboard with white keys labeled

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Audio(UK):(file)

Letter

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F(upper case,lower casef,pluralFsorF's)

  1. The sixthletterof the Englishalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.
    • 1943November –1944February (date written; published1945August 17),George Orwell[pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair],Animal Farm[…],London:Secker & Warburg,publishedMay 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.
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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. Theordinalnumbersixth,derived from thisletterof the Englishalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

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F

  1. (music)
    1. The fourth note of thediatonicscale ofC major,calledfainsolfège.
    2. Thescaleorkeywhich has that note for itstonic.
    3. On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys(see figure).
    4. The degree of astaffassigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
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Etymology 2

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Abbreviation.

  1. (stenoscript)Abbreviationoffull,fully.
  2. (stenoscript)suffixes-full,-fully.

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F

  1. (stock ticker symbol)Ford Motor Company
    Synonyms:Ford(common short form),FMC(initialism)

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F(notcomparable)

  1. Abbreviationoffalse.
    Antonym:T
  2. Abbreviationoffemale.
    Coordinate terms:M,X
  3. (philately)Abbreviationoffine.
  4. (numismatic slang)Abbreviationoffine.
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Noun

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F(pluralFs)

  1. An academic grade,specifically:
    2. A failing grade, with the next best grade being either aDor anE(some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
    3. (UK)A grade lower thanEbut higher thanG.
  2. A grade of black-leadpencil(originally an abbreviation offine).
  3. In theAmerican Library Association,afolio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
  4. Abbreviationoffellow.
    FGS―fellow of the Geological Society
    FRS―fellow of the Royal Society
  5. (nautical)Abbreviationoffog,as in a ship's log.
  6. (US,meteorology)Initialism ofFujita(followed by a number when used in a rating on theFujita scaleand indicating theintensityof atornado).
    theF-scale; anF3 tornado
  7. Initialism offunction(followed by a number when used on or referencing afunction keyof a computer keyboard).
    PressF1 for help.
  8. (bacteriology)Abbreviationoffertility factor.

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F

  1. Abbreviation of various proper names.
  2. AbbreviationofFahrenheit.
  3. AbbreviationofFather,as a title given to priests.
    Synonym:Fr
  4. AbbreviationofFrench.
  5. AbbreviationofFriday.
    Synonym:Fri

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F(third-person singular simple presentF's,present participleF'ing,simple past and past participleF'ed)

  1. (euphemistic)Initialism offuck.
    • 2011,Don Pendleton,Assassin's Code,page139:
      "Oh,Fyou. "
    • 2012,Michelle Bogre,Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change:
      I'll be in tears on every second assignment; they're just like, "Ohf',this guy really cares. "
    • 2017,Richard Segal,Sunday Night at the Races:
      OhFthis for a laugh, ya get the yoke I'm sure now, ya doesn't has to explain.

Etymology 3

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This entry needsquotationsto illustrate usage. If you come across any interesting,durably archivedquotes then please add them!
Particularly: “Ideally on its own, not in the phrasespress F to pay respects,F in the chat.”

Seepress F to pay respects.

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F

  1. (Internetslang,Twitch)Used to indicate regret for an unfortunate event.
    • 2022March 18, Linus Tech Tips,tweet by @LinusTech‎[1]:
      bigFfor google maps

Afar

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F

  1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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Afrikaans

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Afrikaansalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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F(pluralF's,diminutiveF'ie)

  1. F

Azerbaijani

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Fupper case(lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Azerbaijanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Basque

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Basquealphabet,calledefeand written in theLatin script.

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Central Franconian

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Etymology

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  • /f/is from West Germanic post-vocalic*p;from*pinlp, rpin Moselle Franconian; from*ff;from stem-initial*fexcept around Aachen and in the Netherlands.

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F

  1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
  2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

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Doubling of F
  • In the German-based spelling,fis 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,fis doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.

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Pronunciation 1

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Note:Often realised as7ɛq6fu.

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F

  1. The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet.

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F

  1. The sixth letter used inPinyin.
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  • 《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》 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 《 hán ngữ bính âm phương án 》, ㄝㄈ (ê̄f), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.

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Dutch

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F(capital,lowercasef)

  1. the sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet

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Elfdalian

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  • ᚠ(Dalecarlian runes)

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F(upper caseF,lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Elfdalianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Esperanto

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The seventhletterof the Esperantoalphabet,calledfoand written in theLatin script.

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(Latin-scriptletters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Ĉĉ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ĝĝ,Hh,Ĥĥ,Ii,Jj,Ĵĵ,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Ŝŝ,Tt,Uu,Ŭŭ,Vv,Zz

Estonian

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Estonianalphabet,calledeffand written in theLatin script.

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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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. Seethe Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information,andFfor information on the development of the glyph itself.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Finnishalphabet,calledäforefand written in theLatin script.

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  • Used only in loanwords.

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F

  1. Alternativeletter-caseform off(“F (musical note)”)

French

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Frenchalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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German

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  • (letter name)IPA(key):/ɛf/,[ʔɛf]
  • (phoneme)IPA(key):/f/
    • The pronunciation/v/for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbersfünf,elf,zwölf,as well as inflections ofdoof.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 ofschief,steif), but these are informal.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

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Hungarian

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Hungarianalphabet,calledeffand written in theLatin script.

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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 formsofF
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

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Icelandic

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F(lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Icelandicalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Ido

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F(lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Idoalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Indonesian

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Indonesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Irish

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Irishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Italian

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Fform(invariable,upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Italianalphabet,calledeffeand written in theLatin script.

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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 theKashubian alphabetarticle on Wikipedia for more, andFfor development of the glyph itself.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The tenthletterof the Kashubianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Latin

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F(upper case,lower casef)

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

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Latvian

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Etymology

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Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed byK. Mīlenbahs,which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in GermanFraktur,and sporadically inCyrillic.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The ninthletterof the Latvianalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

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The letterF/f(likeH/h,andO/orepresenting [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings).

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Malay

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F

  1. The sixthletterof the Malayalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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F(lowercasef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Norwegian Bokmålalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Nupe

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The seventhletterof the Nupealphabet,written in theLatin script.

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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 thehistory of Polish orthographyarticle on Wikipedia for more, andFfor development of the glyph itself.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The ninthletterof the Polishalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

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Portuguese

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Portuguesealphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Romani

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. (International Standard)The eighthletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax)The ninthletterof the Romanialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Romanian

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Romanianalphabet,calledef,fe,orfîand written in theLatin script.

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Scottish Gaelic

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Scottish Gaelicalphabet,written in theLatin script.It is preceded byeand followed byg.Its traditional name isfeàrna(“alder”).

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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 theSilesian languagearticle on Wikipedia for more, andFfor development of the glyph itself.

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Silesianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Skolt Sami

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F(lower casef)

  1. The eleventhletterof the Skolt Samialphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Slovene

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From Gaj's Latin alphabetF,fromCzechalphabetF,from LatinF,from theEtruscanletter𐌅(v,“ve”),from theAncient GreekletterϜ(W,“digamma”),derived from thePhoenicianletter𐤅(w,“waw”),from theEgyptianhieroglyph𓏲.Pronunciation asIPA(key):/fə/is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken fromGermanf.

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  • Phoneme
Pronunciation of F

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):/f/,[v],SNPT:/f/,[v]
•(Standard Slovene, non-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
Pronunciation of F [fə̀, èf] (ə̏, ȅ)
•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˈfə̂],[ˈɛ̂f],SNPT:[fə̏],[ȅf]
•(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˈfə],[ˈɛf],SNPT:[fə̀],[èf],
Audio:(file)
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Audio:(file)

Note:different distinctions and accent shifts do not necessarily exclude other and most of them exist in both tonal and non-tonal Slovene.

Miscellaneous

•Rhymes:-ə,-ɛf(ə̀, èf)(non-tonal)
•Hyphenation:F
•Homophone:f(tonal and non-tonal)
•Homophone:f(non-tonal only)


•Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *fə̀
    •Carinthian dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Southern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Northern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏
    •Pannonian dialect plane: *fə̏

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The seventhletterof the Slovenealphabet,written in theLatin script.
  2. The tenthletterof the Slovenealphabet(Resian), written in theLatin script.
  3. The seventhletterof the Slovenealphabet(Natisone Valley dialect), written in theLatin script.

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Fminan

  1. The name of theLatin scriptletterF/f.

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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
  • Second pronunciation
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

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  • “F”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU(in Slovene),2014–2024

Somali

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Fupper case(lower casef)

  1. The fourteenthletterof the Somalialphabet,calledfaand written in theLatin script.

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  1. The fourteenth letter of theSomalialphabet, which followsArabicabjadorder. It is preceded byGand followed byQ.

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Spanish

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. the sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet

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Swedish

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Swedishalphabet,written in theLatin script.

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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BorrowedfromSpanishF.Each pronunciation has a different source:

  • Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishF.
  • Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishF.

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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)

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F(upper case,lower casef,Baybayin spellingᜁᜉ᜔)

  1. The sixthletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theFilipino alphabet), calledefand written in theLatin script.

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  • This letter is mostly used only in Spanish-based spellings, proper nouns, or unadapted loanwords.
  • Some purists of Tagalog replaceFin words withP.

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F(upper case,lower casef,Baybayin spellingᜁᜉᜒ)

  1. (historical)The seventhletterof the Tagalogalphabet(theAbecedario), calledefeand written in theLatin script.

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  • “F”,inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph,Manila,2018

Turkish

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The seventhletterof the Turkishalphabet,calledfeand written in theLatin script.

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Welsh

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The eighthletterof the Welshalphabet,calledèfand written in theLatin script.It is preceded byEand followed byFf.

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  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “F”,inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online(in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

Yoruba

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Yorubaalphabet,calledfíand written in theLatin script.

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Zulu

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F(upper case,lower casef)

  1. The sixthletterof the Zulualphabet,written in theLatin script.

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