f

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

Modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ϝ (W, “Digamma”), from Phœnician 𐤅 (W, “waw”), the ultimate source being probably Egyptian.

f (upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Sſs  Tt  Uu  Vv  Ww  Xx  Yy  Zz
• (Variations of letter F):  Ḟḟ  Ƒƒ  ᵮ  ᶂ  ꜰ  Ｆｆ  ff  fi  ffi  fl  ffl

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

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f

1. (music) forte
2. (IPA) a voiceless labiodental fricative.
3. (superscript ⟨ᶠ⟩, IPA) [f]-fricated release of a plosive (e.g. [pᶠ], sometimes implying an affricate [p͜f]); [f]-coloring; or a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [f].
4. (physics) frequency
5. (optics) focal length
6. (linguistics) feminine gender

• Letter styles
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  Uppercase and lowercase versions of F, in normal and italic type
• 
  Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur

Other representations of F:

NATO phonetic: Foxtrot Morse code: ··–· Braille: ⠋ ASL Manual: F

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

• (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
• See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

f (lower case, upper case F, plural fs or f's)

1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

eff as a verb.

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The ordinal number sixth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Abbreviations.

f

1. (stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
2. (stenoscript) prefix for-.
3. (stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

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.

• F clef (the bass clef. See under clef)

f

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

   Synonyms: F, fo

2. (euphemistic) Abbreviation of fuck.

   What the f do you think you're doing?

3. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.

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

   Alternative form: f.

• effing and blinding

• F
• c
• m
• n

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

f lower case (upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Basque alphabet, called efe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• Previous letter: e
• Next letter: g

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

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f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

• IPA^(key): /ˈefː/, [ˈefː]

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

• Used only in loanwords.

• (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

• IPA^(key): /f/

f (upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and f for information on the development of the glyph itself.

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

• Audio: äf, faarao, äf:

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• Rhymes: -æf

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called äf or ef and written in the Latin script.

• Used only in loanwords.

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

German musical notation.

f

1. (music) F (note)

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.

Inflection of f (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

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛf/

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• IPA^(key): /f/

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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

• (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

f

1. Romanization of 𐍆

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

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f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The eleventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called eff and written in the Latin script.

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 forms of f
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

• f-moll

• (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

• (speech sound, letter, abbreviation): f in Bárczi, Géza and László 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): f in Bárczi, Géza and László 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): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• f in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛfː/

f (upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Рð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

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

f (upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Indonesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
• (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
• (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

f f or m (invariable, lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet, called effe and written in the Latin script.

Borrowed from Tagalog f. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English f.

• (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]

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Kankanaey alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎^[1] (in Kankanaey and Tagalog), →ISBN, pages 10-11

The Kashubian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Kashubian alphabet article on Wikipedia for more, and f for development of the glyph itself.

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The tenth letter of the Kashubian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, àã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z

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

• IPA^(key): [f]

• Audio:

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f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

The letter F/f (like H/h, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings).

• 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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

f (upper case F)

1. The tenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Maltese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

• IPA^(key): [f]

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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

• (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)

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

f (upercase F)

1. The sixth letter of the Norwegian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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

• (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

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

f

1. A letter of the Old English alphabet, written in the Latin script.

The Polish orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the history of Polish orthography article on Wikipedia for more, and f for development of the glyph itself.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛf/

f (upper case F, lower case)

1. The ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• Audio (Brazil):

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f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

• IPA^(key): /f/

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. (International Standard) The eighth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. (Pan-Vlax) The ninth letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

• IPA^(key): /f/

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, called ef, fe, or fî and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă,  â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Πî, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by g. Its traditional name is feàrna (“alder”).

• (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
• (diacritics) ◌̀
• (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

f

1. Abbreviation of feasgar (“(in the) afternoon, post meridiem”); pm, p.m.

   Antonyms: m, sa mhadainn

• F (uppercase)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

1. The 10th letter of the Serbo-Croatian Latin alphabet (gajica), preceded by e and followed by g.

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

• u, v, vu

The Silesian orthography is based on the Latin alphabet. No earlier script is known. See the Silesian language article on Wikipedia for more, and f for development of the glyph itself.

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Silesian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, àã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

f (upper case F)

1. The eleventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

From Gaj's Latin alphabet f, from Czech alphabet f, which is a modification of upper case Latin letter F, from Greek Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲. Pronunciation as IPA^(key): /fə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from German f.

• Phoneme

• Letter name

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. The tenth letter of the Slovene alphabet (Resian), written in the Latin script.
3. The seventh letter of the Slovene alphabet (Natisone Valley dialect), written in the Latin script.

f

1. (SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [f].

f m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter F / f.
2. (linguistics) The name of the phoneme /f/.

• 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

From f, an abbreviation for fuck, from Middle English *fukken, probably from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”).

f

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

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

f m inan

1. (slang, euphemistic, usually in nominative case) fuck

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

   Ne vem kaj za f je narobe z mano.

   I don't know what the f is wrong with me.

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

A dialectal variant of v made by analogy to s/z in dialects where [w] turned into [v] and got its devoiced part, [f].

• Noramlly

• Otside usual context

f

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

     I ko ne vrjameš več v njega, on še skus vrjame f tebe.

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

2. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with locative) in, at

This variant of preposition v is 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.

• (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

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

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

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -efe

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) bokstav; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

Borrowed from Spanish f. Each pronunciation has a different source:

• Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by English f.
• Abecedario pronunciation is from Spanish f.

• (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)

f (lower case, upper case F, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)

1. The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Filipino alphabet), called ef and written in the Latin script.

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

• (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

f (lower case, upper case F, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒ)

1. (historical) The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called efe and written in the Latin script.

• “f”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harf; A a ( â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Πî), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

f (upper case F)

1. The seventh letter of the Turkmen alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The eighth letter of the Welsh alphabet, called èf and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by ff.

• (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à,  â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

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

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called fí and written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
• (Benin) (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. The sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z