F

Etymology

From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲.

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

Symbol

F

1. (chemistry) Chemical symbol for fluorine.
2. (metrology) Symbol for farad.
3. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine.
5. (physics) Abbreviation of force.
6. (medicine) Symbol for the French gauge.

   Coordinate term: G (“Birmingham gauge”)

7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a fricative.

   synonyms: S for a sibilant fricative

8. (linguistics) A falling tone.

   synonyms: more commonly HL, or more specifically HM or ML

9. (voice quality symbols) Abbreviation of falsetto.
10. (clothing) Bra cup size.
11. Symbol for floor.

Gallery

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

See also

Other representations of F:

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Abbreviation.

1. (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of full, fully.
2. (Stenoscript) suffixes -full, -fully.

Letter

F

1. The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See also

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Noun

F (plural F's, diminutive F'ie)

1. F

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.fə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈe.fe], [ˈef]

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the Catalan alphabet, called efa, efe, or ef and written in the Latin script.

Etymology

• /f/ is from West Germanic post-vocalic *p; from *p in lp, rp in Moselle Franconian; from *ff; from stem-initial *f except around Aachen and in the Netherlands.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F

1. A letter in the German-based alphabet of Central Franconian.
2. A letter in the Dutch-based alphabet of Central Franconian.

Pronunciation 1

Pronunciation 2

See also

• FF

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛf/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

1. the sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, IJ ij, 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

Alternative forms

• ᚠ (Dalecarlian runes)

Letter

F (upper case F, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/; before a voiced obstruent, IPA^(key): /v/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Etymology

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.

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Noun

F

1. Alternative letter-case form of f (“F (musical note)”)

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛf/, [ʔɛf]

  • Audio:

    (file)

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/
  • The pronunciation /v/ for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers fünf, elf, zwölf, as well as inflections of doof. Here the pronunciation /f/ usually sounds “wrong” to speakers from northern and central Germany, though it is normal in Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, and (partially) southern Germany. Northern speakers may also use /v/ in other words (e.g. inflections of schief, steif), but these are informal.

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

• (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.

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ˈɛf.fe/
  • Rhymes: -ɛffe
• (phonemic realization) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

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

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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 (upper case, lower case f)

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

References

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

Etymology

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.

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

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]

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ɛf]
• (Phoneme) IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

F

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

Letter

F (lowercase f)

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

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛf/

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (upper case, lower 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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Letter

F (upper case, lower 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”).

Etymology

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.

Letter

F (upper case, lower case f)

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

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

F (lower case f)

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

See also

• (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

Etymology

From Gaj's Latin alphabet F, from Czech alphabet F, from Latin F, from the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the 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.

Pronunciation

• Phoneme

• Letter name

alp=*fə̀
car=*fə̏
lc=*fə̏
ns=*fə̏
pan=*fə̏
si=*fə̏
ss=*fə̏
uc=*fə̏
vk=*fə̏

• Rhymes: -ə, -ɛf (ə̀, èf) (non-tonal)
• Hyphenation: F
• Homophone: f (tonal and non-tonal)
• Homophone: f (non-tonal only)

Letter

F (upper case, lower 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.

Noun

F m inan

1. The name of the Latin script letter F / f.