cf.

See also:cf,Cf,CF,cF,c.f.,and.cf

English

Alternative forms

• cf

Etymology

Abbreviation ofLatincōnfer(“compare”),imperative ofcōnferō(“I compare”).

Pronunciation

• (US)IPA^(key):/kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/

• Audio(US):

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• IPA^(key):/siːˈɛf/
• Rhymes:-ɛf

Verb

cf.(imperative verb)

1. Compare,compare to, compare with.
2. (nonstandard,proscribed)See,see also.

Related terms

• collate
• confer

Translations

compare

• Bulgarian:сравни(bg)(sravni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Tham kiến／Tham kiến(zh)(cānjiàn)

• Czech:srov.(cs)
• Danish:jf.(da)
• Dutch:cf.(nl)orvgl.(nl)orverg.
• Esperanto:kp.
• Faroese:sbr.,smbr.
• Finnish:vrt.(fi)
• French:cf.(fr)
• German:vgl.(de),cf.(de),vergl.(de)
• Greek:πβ.(el)(pv.),πρβ.(el)(prv.)
• Hebrew:השו׳
• Hungarian:vö.(hu)
• Icelandic:sbr.(is)
• Ido:kp.
• Italian:cfr.(it)
• Japanese:Tham chiếu せよ(sanshōseyo),Tương đối せよ(hikakuseyo)
• Latvian:sal.
• Lithuanian:plg.
• Norwegian:jf.(no)
• Polish:por.(pl)
• Portuguese:cf.(pt)
• Romanian:cf.
• Russian:ср.(ru)(sr.)
• Spanish:cf.,cfr.
• Swedish:jmf.,jfr(sv),jfr.(sv)
• Welsh:cf.

Anagrams

• F.C.,FC,Fc

Latin

Etymology

Abbreviation ofcōnfer,imperative ofcōnferō,fromcon-(“together”)andferō(“(I) bring”).

Verb

cf.

1. Abbreviationofconfer(“compare”).

Portuguese

Verb

cf.

1. cf

Welsh

Verb

cf.

1. cf.;abbreviationofcymharer(“impersonalimperativeofcymharu(“to compare”)”).