f

See also:բandAppendix:Variations of "f"

f U+0066,f LATIN SMALL LETTER F ←e [U+0065] Basic Latin g→ [U+0067]

Character variations

ᶠ U+1DA0,ᶠ MODIFIER LETTER SMALL F ←ᶟ [U+1D9F] Phonetic Extensions Supplement ᶡ→ [U+1DA1]

𝆑 U+1D191,𝆑 MUSICAL SYMBOL FORTE ←𝆐 [U+1D190] Musical Symbols 𝆒→ [U+1D192]

ｆ U+FF46,ｆ FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER F ←ｅ [U+FF45] Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms ｇ→ [U+FF47]

Languages (44)

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Translingual

Etymology

Modification of upper case Latin letterF,from GreekϜ(W,“Digamma”),fromPhœnician𐤅(W,“waw”),the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

Letter

f(upper caseF)

1. The sixth letter of thebasic modern Latin alphabet.

See also

• (Latin script):AaBbCcDdEeFfGgHhIiJjKkLlMmNnOoPpQqRrSſsTtUuVvWwXxYyZz
• (Variations of letter F):ḞḟƑƒᵮᶂꜰＦｆfffiffiflffl

Pronunciation

• Pronunciation of IPA[ɑffɑʔ]with the sound[f]:

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Symbol

f

1. (music)forte
2. (IPA)avoicelesslabiodentalfricative.
3. (superscript⟨ᶠ⟩,IPA)[f]-fricatedreleaseof a plosive (e.g.[pᶠ],sometimes implying anaffricate[p͜f]);[f]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic[f].
4. (physics)frequency
5. (optics)focal length
6. (linguistics)femininegender

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase versions ofF,in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercaseFinFraktur

See also

Other representations of F:

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’

Old Englishlower case letterf,from 7th century replacement by Latin lower casefof the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letterᚠ(f,“fe”).

Pronunciation

• (letter name):IPA^(key):/ɛf/

Audio(US):

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Audio(UK):

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF,pluralfsorf's)

1. The sixthletterof the Englishalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

effas a verb.

Derived terms

• f-block
• ff-hole
• f-hole
• f-number
• f-value

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letter;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Number

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Derived terms

• f-number
• f-slur
• f-stop
• f-word
• go f oneself

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

f

1. (stenoscript)Abbreviationoffor.
2. (stenoscript)prefixfor-.
3. (stenoscript)suffix/sequencefor(e).

Symbol

f

1. (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 (thebassclef. See underclef)

Noun

f

1. (printing,abbreviation)Folio,paper and book size (10 "-12.5" x 15 "-20" )

   Synonyms:F,fo

2. (euphemistic)Abbreviationoffuck.

   What thefdo you think you're doing?

3. (grammar)Abbreviationoffeminine.

   Coordinate terms:m(“masculine”),n(“neuter”)

   Alternative form:f.

Derived terms

• effing and blinding

Translations

feminine—see alsofeminine

• Hebrew:נ(he)(n)
• Hindi:please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian:nn.
• Marathi:स्त्रीलिंग(strīliṅga)
• Russian:ж(ru)(ž)

See also

• F
• c
• m
• n

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

flower case(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)hərf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Əə,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Xx,Iı,İi,Jj,Kk,Qq,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/efe/,[e̞.fe̞]

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Üü),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• Previous letter:e
• Next letter:g

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈefː/,[ˈefː]

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)täht;Aa,Bb(Cc),Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Šš,Zz,Žž,Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Õõ,Ää,Öö,Üü(Xx,Yy)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstavur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Yy,Ýý,Ææ,Øø

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:äf,faarao,äf:

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Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)kirjain;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss(Šš),Tt,Uu,Vv(Ww),Xx,Yy,Zz(Žž),Åå,Ää,Öö

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Noun

f

1. (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

Inflectionoff(Kotus type 10/koira) singular plural nominative f f:t genitive f:n f:ien partitive f:ää f:iä accusative f f:n f:t inessive f:ssä f:issä elative f:stä f:istä illative f:ään f:iin adessive f:llä f:illä ablative f:ltä f:iltä allative f:lle f:ille essive f:nä f:inä translative f:ksi f:iksi abessive f:ttä f:ittä instructive – f:in comitative – f:ineen

Derived terms

compounds

• F-duuri
• f-molli

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ɛf/

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

1. Aletterof the Fulaalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

• Common to all varieties ofFula(Fulfulde/Pulaar/Pular).

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)karfeeje;',Aa,Bb,Mbmb,Ɓɓ,Cc,Dd,Ndnd,Ɗɗ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ngng,Ɠɠ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Njnj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Ññ,Ɲɲ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Ƴƴ

Gothic

Romanization

f

1. Romanization of𐍆

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Declension

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

Derived terms

• f-moll

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)betű;Aa,Áá,Bb,Cc,Cscs,Dd,Dzdz,Dzsdzs,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Gygy,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Lyly,Mm,Nn,Nyny,Oo,Óó,Öö,Őő,Pp,Rr,Ss,Szsz,Tt,Tyty,Uu,Úú,Üü,Űű,Vv,Zz,Zszs.Only in the extended alphabet:QqWwXxYy.Commonly used:ch.Also defined:àë.In surnames (selection):äaaczdseéeöewoeoóthtsÿ.

Further reading

• (speech sound, letter, abbreviation):finBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• (musical sound, its symbol, or its key or chord position):finBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• (interjection expressing pain):finBárczi, GézaandLászló Országh.A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára( “The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.:ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN
• finNóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára[A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó,2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ezas of 2024).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name)IPA^(key):/ɛfː/

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bókstafur;Aa,Áá,Bb,Dd,Ðð,Ee,Éé,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Íí,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Óó,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Úú,Vv,Xx,Yy,Ýý,Þþ,Ææ,Öö

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litero;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)huruf;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Irish

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Áá),Bb(Bhbh,bhFbhf,bPbp),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh,dTdt),Ee(Éé),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(gCgc,Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Íí),Ll,Mm(mBmb,Mhmh),Nn(nDnd,nGng),Oo(Óó),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth,tSts),Uu(Úú),Vv
• (diacritics)◌́◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly inGaelic type)Ḃḃ,Ċċ,Ḋḋ,Ḟḟ,Ġġ,Ṁṁ,Ṗṗ,Ṡẛṡ,Ṫṫ

Italian

Letter

fform(invariable,lower case,upper caseF)

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

Kankanaey

Etymology

BorrowedfromTagalogf.Letter pronunciation is influenced byEnglishf.

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 caseF)

1. The sixthletterof the Kankanaeyalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

References

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016)Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy[Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[1](in Kankanaey and Tagalog),→ISBN,pages10-11

Kashubian

Etymology

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.

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Éé,Ëë,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Oo,Òò,Óó,Ôô,Pp,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Ùù,Ww,Yy,Zz,Żż

Latin

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Vv,Xx,Yy,Zz

Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[f]

• Audio:

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Letter

F

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti:Aa,Āā,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Ģģ,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ķķ,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

Livonian

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)kēratēd̦;Aa,Āā,Ää,Ǟǟ,Bb,Dd,D̦d̦,Ee,Ēē,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Īī,Jj,Kk,Ll,Ļļ,Mm,Nn,Ņņ,Oo,Ōō,Ȯȯ,Ȱȱ,Õõ,Ȭȭ,Pp,Rr,Ŗŗ,Ss,Šš,Tt,Țț,Uu,Ūū,Vv,Zz,Žž

Malay

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)ittra;Aa,Bb,Ċċ,Dd,Ee,Ff,Ġġ,Gg,Għgħ,Hh,Ħħ,Ii,Ieie,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Żż,Zz

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):[f]

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

1. Aletterof the North Frisianalphabet,written in theLatin script.

Usage notes

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

See also

• (North Frisian letters):a,ä,å,ā,b,c,d,đ,e,ē,f,g,h,i,j,k,l,m,n,o,ö,p,r,s,t,u,ü,v,w(q,x,y,z)

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(upercaseF)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz,Ææ,Øø,Åå

Nupe

Pronunciation

• (phoneme):IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)banki;Aa(Áá,Àà),Bb,Cc,Dd,Dzdz,Ee(Éé,Èè),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì),Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò),Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Tsts,Uu(Úú,Ùù),Vv,Ww,Yy,Zz,Zhzh

Polish

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈɛf/

Letter

f(upper caseF,lower case)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ąą,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ęę,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Óó,Pp(Qq),Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu(Vv),Ww(Xx),Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio(Brazil):

  (file)

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)letra;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ãã),Bb,Cc(Çç),Dd,Ee(Éé,Êê),Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii(Íí),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Ôô,Õõ),Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu(Úú),Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Xx,Ii,Jj,Kk,Khkh,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Phph,Rr,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu,Vv,ZzInternational Standard:(Àà,Ää,Ǎǎ),Ćć,Ćhćh,(Èè,Ëë,Ěě), (Ìì,Ïï,Ǐǐ), (Òò,Öö,Ǒǒ),Rrrr,Śś,(Ùù,Üü,Ǔǔ),Źź,Ʒʒ,Qq,Çç,ϴθ.Pan-Vlax:Čč,Čhčh,Dždž,(Dźdź),Řř,Šš,(Śś),Žž,(Źź).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ăă,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Îî,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Șș,Tt,Țț,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)litir;Aa(Àà),Bb(Bhbh),Cc(Chch),Dd(Dhdh),Ee(Èè),Ff(Fhfh),Gg(Ghgh),Hh,Ii(Ìì),Ll,Mm(Mhmh),Nn,Oo(Òò),Pp(Phph),Rr,Ss(Shsh),Tt(Thth),Uu(Ùù)
• (diacritics)◌̀
• (obsolete vowels)ÁáÉéÓó

Etymology 2

Adverb

f

1. Abbreviationoffeasgar(“(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 spellingф)

1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded byeand followed byg.

Preposition

f(Cyrillic spellingф)

1. (Kajkavian)in,at(location)[withlocative]
2. (Kajkavian)to,into(direction)[withaccusative]
3. (Kajkavian)on,in,at,during(time)[withaccusative]
4. (Kajkavian)in,during(time)[withaccusative]

Synonyms

• u,v,vu

Silesian

Etymology

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.

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Ãã,Bb,Cc,Ćć,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Łł,Mm,Nn,Ńń,Oo,Ŏŏ,Ōō,Ôô,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Śś,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy,Zz,Źź,Żż

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/f/

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)bukva;Aa,Ââ,Bb,Cc,Čč,Ʒʒ,Ǯǯ,Dd,Đđ,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ǧǧ,Ǥǥ,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ǩǩ,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ŋŋ,Oo,Õõ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Zz,Žž,Åå,Ää,ʹ

Slovene

Etymology 1

From Gaj's Latin alphabetf,fromCzechalphabetf,which is a modification of upper case Latin letterF,from GreekAncient 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.

Pronunciation

• 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) , 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

•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

Letter

f(lower case,upper 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.

Symbol

f

1. (SNPT)Phonetictranscriptionof sound[f].

Noun

fminan

1. The name of theLatin scriptletterF/f.
2. (linguistics)The name of thephoneme/f/.

Inflection

• 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

Etymology 2

Fromf,an abbreviation forfuck,fromMiddle English*fukken,probably fromProto-Germanic*fukkōną,fromProto-Indo-European*pewǵ-(“to strike, punch, stab”).

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of f [èf] (ȅ)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˈɛ̂f],SNPT:[ȅf] •(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˈɛf],SNPT:[èf], 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

Interjection

f

1. (slang,euphemistic,usually in phrasef you/f ju)fuck

   Synonyms:f*k,f**k,fak,fuck

Noun

fminan

1. (slang,euphemistic,usually innominative case)fuck

   Synonyms:f*k,f**k,fak,fuck

   Ne vem kaj zafje narobe z mano.

   I don't know what thefis wrong with me.

Inflection

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 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-ev	f-ev
dative dajȃlnik	f-u,f-i	f-ema	f-em
accusative tožȋlnik	f	f-a	f-e
locative mẹ̑stnik	f-u,f-i	f-ih	f-ih
instrumental orọ̑dnik	f-em	f-ema	f-i
(vocative) (ogȏvorni imenovȃlnik)	f	f-a	f-i

Etymology 3

A dialectal variant ofvmade by analogy tos/zin dialects where [w] turned into [v] and got its devoiced part, [f].

Pronunciation

• Noramlly

Pronunciation of f

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[f],SNPT:[f] •(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[f],SNPT:[f]

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

• Otside usual context

Pronunciation of f [fə̀] (ə̏)

•(Standard Slovene, tonal)IPA(key):[ˈfə̂],SNPT:[fə̏] •(Standard Slovene, non-tonal)IPA(key):[ˈfə],SNPT:[fə̀], 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

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

Preposition

f

1. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects,withaccusative)into,in
   • 2020July 24, “Dejo: Pa kdu je ta Branko?”, inRadio Odeon‎^[2]:

     I ko ne vrjameš več v njega, on še skus vrjameftebe.

     And when you don't believe in him anymore, he still believesinyou.

2. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects,withlocative)in,at

Usage notes

This variant of prepositionvis 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.

See also

• (Latin script letters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Čč,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Rr,Ss,Šš,Tt,Uu,Vv,Zz,Žž
• jebati
• v

Further reading

• “f”,inSlovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU,portal Fran

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):(letter name)/ˈefe/[ˈe.fe]

• Audio(Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes:-efe

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

1. The sixthletterof the Spanishalphabet,calledefand written in theLatin script.

Tagalog

Etymology

BorrowedfromSpanishf.Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced byEnglishf.
• Abecedario pronunciation is fromSpanishf.

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 caseF,Baybayin spellingᜁᜉ᜔)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)titik;Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ññ,Ngng,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF,Baybayin spellingᜁᜉᜒ)

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

Further reading

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

Turkish

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harf;Aa(Ââ),Bb,Cc,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Ğğ,Hh,Iı,İi(Îî),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu(Ûû),Üü,Vv,Yy,Zz

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme)IPA^(key):/ɸ/

Letter

f(upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)harp;Aa,Bb,Çç,Dd,Ee,Ää,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Žž,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Ňň,Oo,Öö,Pp,Rr,Ss,Şş,Tt,Uu,Üü,Ww,Yy,Ýý,Zz

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)llythyren;Aa(Áá,Àà,Ââ,Ää),Bb,Cc,Chch,Dd,Dddd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Êê,Ëë),Ff,Ffff,Gg,Ngng,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Îî,Ïï),Jj,Ll,Llll,Mm,Nn,Oo(Óó,Òò,Ôô,Öö),Pp,Phph,Rr,Rhrh,Ss,Tt,Thth,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ûû,Üü),Ww(Ẃẃ,Ẁẁ,Ŵŵ,Ẅẅ),Yy(Ýý,Ỳỳ,Ŷŷ,Ÿÿ)

Further reading

• 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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)lẹ́tà;Aa(Áá,Àà,Āā),Bb,Dd,Ee(Éé,Èè,Ēē),Ẹẹ(Ẹ́ẹ́,Ẹ̀ẹ̀,Ẹ̄ẹ̄),Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii(Íí,Ìì,Īī),Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm(Ḿḿ,M̀m̀,M̄m̄),Nn(Ńń,Ǹǹ,N̄n̄),Oo(Óó,Òò,Ōō),Ọọ(Ọ́ọ́,Ọ̀ọ̀,Ọ̄ọ̄),Pp,Rr,Ss,Ṣṣ,Tt,Uu(Úú,Ùù,Ūū),Ww,Yy
• (Benin)(Latin-scriptletters)lɛ́tà;Aa,Bb,Dd,Ee,Ɛɛ,Ff,Gg,Gbgb,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Kpkp,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Ɔɔ,Pp,Rr,Ss,Shsh,Tt,Uu,Ww,Yy

Zulu

Letter

f(lower case,upper caseF)

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

See also

• (Latin-scriptletters)Aa,Bb,Cc,Dd,Ee,Ff,Gg,Hh,Ii,Jj,Kk,Ll,Mm,Nn,Oo,Pp,Qq,Rr,Ss,Tt,Uu,Vv,Ww,Xx,Yy,Zz