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]

Languages (50)

Translingual • English

Azerbaijani • Basque • Catalan • Czech • Dutch • Esperanto • Estonian • Faroese • Finnish • French • Fula • Gothic • Hungarian • Icelandic • Ido • Indonesian • Irish • Isoko • Italian • Kankanaey • Kashubian • Latin • Latvian • Livonian • Malay • Maltese • North Frisian • Norwegian • Nupe • Old English • Polish • Portuguese • Romani • Romanian • Scottish Gaelic • Serbo-Croatian • Silesian • Skolt Sami • Slovak • Slovene • Spanish • Swedish • Tagalog • Turkish • Turkmen • Welsh • Yoruba • Zulu

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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)

The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Pronunciation

Pronunciation of IPA [fa: afa:] with the sound [f]: (file)

Symbol

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Voiceless labiodental fricative

Wikipedia

f

(music) forte
(IPA) a voiceless labiodental fricative.
(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].
(physics) frequency
(optics) focal length
(linguistics) feminine gender

Gallery

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

English

Etymology 1

Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ, which was replaced by Latin ‘f’

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/
(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)

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

Usage notes

eff as a verb.

Derived terms

Number

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

The sixth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Abbreviations.

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

F clef (the bass clef. See under clef)

Noun

f

(printing, abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
Synonyms: F, fo
(euphemistic) Abbreviation of fuck.
What the f do you think you're doing?
(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)

Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): [f]
(letter name) IPA^(key): [feː], [fɯː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Basque

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /efe/, [e̞.fe̞]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Czech

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Estonian

Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:

f

Wikipedia ^et

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈefː/, [ˈefː]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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

(sound): IPA^(key): /f/

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)

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

Usage notes

Used only in loanwords.

Etymology 2

German musical notation.

Noun

f

(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

French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛf/
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Fula

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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

Gothic

Romanization

f

romanization of 𐍆

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA^(key): /ɛfː/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Irish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Isoko

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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 (lower case, upper case F, invariable)

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)

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]‎^[1] (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)

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

Latin

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

The sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, written in the Latin script, representing the sound /f/.

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

f (lower case, upper case F)

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).

Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Malay

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Maltese

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

North Frisian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [f]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Usage notes

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

Norwegian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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.

Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Old English

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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 (lower case, upper case F)

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Audio (Brazil): (file)

Letter

f m (lower case, upper case F)

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

Romani

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Adverb

f

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

The sixth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script; preceded by e and followed by g; traditionally named feàrna (“alder”).

Etymology 2

Adverb

f

abbreviation of feasgar (“(in the) afternoon, post meridiem”); pm, p.m.
Antonyms: m, sa mhadainn

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F, Cyrillic equivalent ф)

The tenth letter of the Serbo-Croatian alphabet (gajica), written in the Latin script; preceded by e and followed by g.

Etymology 2

Preposition

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

(Kajkavian) in, at (location) [with locative]
(Kajkavian) to, into (direction) [with accusative]
(Kajkavian) on, in, at, during (time) [with accusative]
(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)

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

Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /f/, [f]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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],
Audio: (file)
,
Audio: (file)

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

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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)

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

Symbol

f

(SNPT) Phonetic transcription of sound [f].

Noun

f m inan

The name of the Latin script letter F / f.
(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: (file)

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

(slang, euphemistic, usually in phrase f you / f ju) fuck
Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck

Noun

f m inan

(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],
Audio: (file)

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

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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

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (letter name) /ˈefe/ [ˈe.fe]
Audio (Spain): (file)
Rhymes: -efe

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Interjection

f

(colloquial) bad luck

Swedish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

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)

the sixth letter of the Filipino alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script
(historical) the seventh letter of 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.

Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA^(key): /ɸ/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f

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English

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Finnish

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French

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Fula

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