ef

See also:ef-,-ef,andEF

English

Alternative forms

• eff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛf/
• Rhymes:-ɛf

Noun

ef(pluralefs)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterF/f.
   • 2004,Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps,page170:

     I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from theef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.

Derived terms

• eff

Translations

name of the letter F, f

• Arabic:إِفm(ʔef)
• Asturian:efe(ast)f
• Bengali:এফ(eph)
• Catalan:efa(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:(English letter names are called as in English, no other standard Mandarin name exists)

• Esperanto:fo(eo)
• Finnish:äf(fi),äffä(fi)
• French:effe(fr)morf
• Galician:efe(gl)m
• Greek:εφn(ef)
• Hindi:एफ़(ef),एफ(eph)
• Ido:fe(io)
• Irish:eif,fern
• Italian:effe(it)morf
• Japanese:エフ(ja)(efu)
• Korean:에프(epeu)
• Latin:ef(la)
• Malay:ef
• Marathi:एफ(eph)
• Occitan:èfaf
• Persian:اف(fa)(ef)
• Portuguese:efe(pt)m
• Russian:эф(ru)n(ef)
• Spanish:efe(es)f
• Thai:เอฟ(th)(ef)
• Turkish:fe(tr)
• Welsh:èff(with reference to Welsh),èff(with reference to other languages)

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)letter;a,bee,cee,dee,e,ef,gee,aitch,i,jay,kay,el,em,en,o,pee,cue,ar,ess,tee,u,vee,double-u,ex,wye,zee/zed

Conjunction

ef

1. (nonstandard)Pronunciation spellingofif,representingdialectalEnglish.
   • 1882,James Jackson,Tom Terror, the Outlaw‎^[1]:

     Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child,efRosebud hadn’t interfered.

Anagrams

• F&E,FE,Fe,f.e.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ˈɛf]

Noun

efn(indeclinable)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterF/f.

Further reading

• “ef”,inPříruční slovník jazyka českého(in Czech),1935–1957
• “ef”,inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého(in Czech),1960–1971, 1989

Icelandic

Etymology

FromOld Norseef,fromProto-Germanic*jabai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛːv/
• Rhymes:-ɛːv

Conjunction

ef

1. if

Indonesian

Etymology

FromDutchef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛf/,[ɛf]

Noun

èf

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterF/f.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;a,be,ce,de,e,ef,ge,ha,i,je,ka,el,em,en,o,pe,ki,er,es,te,u,ve,we,eks,ye,zet

Further reading

• “ef”inKamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia,Jakarta:Agency for Language Development and Cultivation–Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia,2016.

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key):/ef/,[ɛf]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key):/ef/,[ɛf]

Noun

eff(indeclinable)

1. The name of the letterF.

Usage notes

• Multiple Latin names for the letterF,fhave been suggested. The most common isefor asyllabicf,although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter,fē,əf,fə,and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters)ιφφε(iphphe).

Coordinate terms

• (Latin-script letter names)littera;ā,bē,cē,dē,ē,ef,gē,hā/*acca,ī,kā,el,em,en,ō,pē,kū,er,es,tē,ū,ix/īx/ex,ȳ/ī graeca/ȳpsīlon,zēta

References

• Arthur E. Gordon,The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet(University of California Press,1973; volume 9 ofUniversity of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63

Latvian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[ɛf]

• Audio:

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Noun

efm(invariable)

1. The Latvian name of theLatin scriptletterF/f.

See also

• Latvian letter names:

  a(A),garais ā(Ā),bē(B),cē(C),čē(Č),dē(D),e(E),garais ē(Ē),ef(F),gā(G),ģē(Ģ),hā(H),i(I),garais ī(Ī),jē(J),kā(K),ķē(Ķ),el(L),eļ(Ļ),em(M),en(N),eņ(Ņ),o(O),pē(P),er(R),es(S),eš(Š),tē(T),u(U),garais ū(Ū),vē(V),zē(Z),žē(Ž)

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛf/

Noun

efminan

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterf/F.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)a,bej,cej,čet,ćej,dej,ej,ět,ef,gej,ha,cha,i,jot,ka,eł,el,em,en,ejn,o,pej,er,ejŕ,es,eš,śej,tej,u,wej,y,zet,žet,źej

Malay

Etymology

FromEnglishef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈef/ [ˈef]

Noun

éf(pluralef-ef)

1. The name of theLatin-scriptletterF/f.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)huruf;e,bi,si,di,i,ef,ji,hec,ai,je,ke,el,em,en,o,pi,kiu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dabel yu,eks,way,zed

Old French

Alternative forms

• e,ep

Etymology

InheritedfromLatinapis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈeːf/

Noun

efoblique singular,morf(oblique plurales,nominative singulares,nominative pluralef)

1. bee

Descendants

• Picard:é

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIX^eauXV^esiècle(1881)(ef)

Old Norse

Etymology 1

FromProto-Germanic*jabai,originally the dative of*jabą(“doubt”),whenceef(“doubt”).

Conjunction

ef

1. if

Descendants

• Icelandic:ef
• Old Swedish:ef,em,um
  • Swedish:om
  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk:um(influenced byum<umb)
• Old Danish:æf,æm,um
  • Danish:om
    • Norwegian Bokmål:om
      • →Norwegian Nynorsk:om

Etymology 2

FromProto-Germanic*jabą.

Alternative forms

• if

Noun

ef

1. (obsolete)doubt

   mér er tilefs

   Idoubt

   (literally, “for me is atdoubt”)

Declension

Declension ofef(stronga-stem)

neuter	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ef	efit	ef	efin
accusative	ef	efit	ef	efin
dative	efi	efinu	efum	efunum
genitive	efs	efsins	efa	efanna

Derived terms

• iflaust(“doubtless, undoubted”)

Descendants

• Old Swedish:iæf
  • Swedish:jäv

Old Saxon

Conjunction

ef

1. if,when

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishef,the English name of the letterF/f.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)IPA^(key):/ʔef/[ʔɛf]
  • IPA^(key):(more native-sounding)/ʔep/[ʔɛp̚]
• Rhymes:-ef,(more native-sounding)-ep
• Syllabification:ef

Noun

ef(Baybayin spellingᜁᜉ᜔)

1. the name of theLatin-scriptletterF/f,in theFilipino alphabet

   Synonym:(in the Abecedario)efe

See also

• (Latin-script letter names)titik;ey,bi,si,di,i,ef,dyi,eyts,ay,dyey,key,el,em,en,enye,en dyi,o,pi,kyu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dobolyu,eks,way,zi

Further reading

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

Welsh

Etymology

FromProto-Celtic*esor*ēs,fromProto-Indo-European*éy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/eːv/
• Rhymes:-eːv

Pronoun

ef

1. (literary)he;him

Synonyms

• e,o(colloquial)