f

See also: բ and Appendix: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]

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Translingual

English Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia

Etymology

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

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

• Pronunciation of IPA [fa: afa:] with the sound [f]:

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Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiceless labiodental fricative

Wikipedia

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

Gallery

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

See also

Other representations of F:

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

Signal flag:

Semaphore:

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):

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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

Letter

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.

Usage notes

eff as a verb.

Derived terms

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

See also

• (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

Number

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.

Derived terms

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

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 (the bass clef. See under clef)

Noun

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.

   Alternative form: f.

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

Derived terms

• effing and blinding

Translations

feminine — see also feminine

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 name) IPA^(key): [feː], [fɯː]

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

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

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

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L 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, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

Czech

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• Previous letter: e
• Next letter: g

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^et

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈefː/, [ˈefː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (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)

Faroese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

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. See the Wikipedia article on Finnish for more information, and f for 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:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -æf

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

• Used only in loanwords.

See also

• (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

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

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

Derived terms

compounds

• F-duuri
• f-molli

French

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛf/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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

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

Gothic

Romanization

f

1. romanization of 𐍆

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

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Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Derived terms

• f-moll

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.

Further reading

• (speech sound, letter, abbreviation): f in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (musical sound, its symbol, or its key or chord position): f in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (interjection expressing pain): f in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (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).

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• (letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛfː/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Irish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Isoko

Letter

f (lowercase, uppercase F)

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

References

• E. O. Agbada et al, Vbuhrẹ Ụmụ́bọrá Isoko (Teach Yourself Isoko), first published 2008, revised edition 2017, page 8, 10
• Onyerioma Isaac Itegolor, Isoko Wha Dooo...! Book 2 (Operation Speak Your Language), Revised Standard Edition (2015), page 1
• Joe Okedi, Abidi Isoko Na Kpobi, 2020

Italian

Letter

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.

Kankanaey

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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

References

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

Kashubian

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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Latin

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Latvian

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^lv

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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

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:

  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 case F)

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

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kēratē’ḑ; 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)

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

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

1. A letter of the North Frisian alphabet, written in the Latin 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 (upercase F)

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

Usage notes

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

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 case F)

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

See also

• (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

Old English

Letter

f

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

Polish

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/

• Audio:

  (file)

Letter

f (upper case F, lower case)

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

See also

• (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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Audio (Brazil):

  (file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Further reading

• “f”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “f”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romani

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

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.

See also

• (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).

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

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.

See also

• (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

Adverb

f

1. (text messaging) abbreviation of foarte (“very, a lot”)

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

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”).

See also

• (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

Etymology 2

Adverb

f

1. abbreviation of feasgar (“(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 spelling ф)

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

Preposition

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]

Synonyms

• u, v, vu

Silesian

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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (upper 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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

f (upper case F)

1. The thirteenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

Slovene

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^sl

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• Phoneme

• (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

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• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈfə̂], [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [fə̏], [ȅf]
• (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA^(key): [ˈfə], [ˈɛf], SNPT: [fə̀], [èf],

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

Letter

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.

Symbol

f

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

Noun

f m inan

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

Declension

• 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

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

Pronunciation

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

  Audio:

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

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

Interjection

f

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

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

Noun

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.

Declension

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

Pronunciation

• Noramlly

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• (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

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

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

Preposition

f

1. (dialectal, particularly eastern dialects, with accusative) into, in
   • 2020 July 24, “Dejo: Pa kdu je ta Branko?”, in Radio Odeon‎, archived from the original on 30 October 2022:

     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

Usage notes

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.

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”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -efe

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Interjection

f

1. (colloquial) bad luck

Swedish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Tagalog

Etymology

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

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔɛf] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔɛp̚] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
    • Rhymes: -ef (letter name, Filipino alphabet), (with nativization) -ep (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈʔefe/ [ˈʔɛː.fɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /ˈʔepe/ [ˈʔɛː.pɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
    • Rhymes: -efe (letter name, Abecedario), (with nativization) -epe (letter name, Abecedario)
  • IPA^(key): /f/ [f] (phoneme)
    • IPA^(key): (with nativization) /p/ [p] (phoneme)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

• 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.

See also

• (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

Further reading

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

Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

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.

See also

• (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)

Further reading

• 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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

• (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

Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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