f
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Etymology

Letter
f (upper case F)
- The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Pronunciation
IPA (file)
Symbol
f
- (music) forte
- (IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative
- (physics) frequency
- (optics) focal length
- (linguistics) feminine gender
Gallery
- Letter styles
Normal and italic F
Uppercase and lowercase F in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of F:
English
Etymology 1
Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Audio (US) (file) Audio (UK) (file)
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
- See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F, plural f's)
Derived terms
See also
Number
f (lower case, upper case F)
Etymology 2
Symbol
f
- (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
Noun
f
- (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
- (euphemistic) fuck
- What the f do you think you're doing?
- Alternative form of f.
Synonyms
Derived terms
Translations
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Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f lower case (upper case F)
See also
- (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
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛf
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
See also
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /fo/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
Audio (file)
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
See also
- (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
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f (upper case F)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, 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
Fula
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
Usage notes
See also
- (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
Ido
Pronunciation
Letter
f (upper case F)
See also
- (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
Italian
Noun
f m, f (invariable)
- See under F
Latvian
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [f]
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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
Usage notes
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).
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Livonian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f (upper case F)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, 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
Malay
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
See also
- (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
Norwegian
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /efː/, /ɛfː/
- (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Audio (BR) (file)
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), 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
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fe/, /ef/
Letter
f (lowercase, capital F)
- The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
- (uppercase) F
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f (Cyrillic spelling ф)
Preposition
f (Cyrillic spelling ф)
- (Kajkavian) (location) in, at (+ locative)
- (Kajkavian) (direction) to, into (+ accusative)
- (Kajkavian) (time) on, in, at, during (+ accusative)
- (Kajkavian) (time) in, during (+ locative)
Synonyms
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/
Letter
f (upper case F)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â 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
Spanish
Pronunciation
(letter name)
- IPA(key): /ˈefe/
Audio (Spain) (file)
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
Turkish
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, 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, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Turkmen
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /ɸ/
Letter
f (upper case F)
See also
- (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
Zulu
Letter
f (lower case, upper case F)


