f

See also: բ and Variations of "f"

f - Translingual

Letter

f (upper case F)

The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

Symbol

(music) forte
(IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative
- (superscript) [f]-fricated release of a plosive, sometimes implying an affricate; [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

f - English

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /ɛf/

(phoneme): IPA: /f/
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)

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

Derived terms

Symbol

(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

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

Derived terms

effing and blinding

Translations

Hebrew: נ‎ (he) (n)
Hungarian: nn.
Marathi: स्त्रीलिंग (strīliṅga)
Russian: ж (ru) (ž)

f - Azerbaijani

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /f/

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

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

f - Basque

Pronunciation

IPA: /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.

f - Dutch

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Esperanto

Pronunciation

(letter name): IPA: /fo/
(phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Estonian

Pronunciation

IPA: /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.

f - Faroese

Pronunciation

IPA: /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈæf/, [ˈæf] (name of letter)
IPA: /ˈef/, [ˈe̞f] (name of letter)

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.

Noun

(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

	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
instructive	–	f:in
abessive	f:ttä	f:ittä
comitative	–	f:ineen

f - French

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA: /ɛf/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Fula

Pronunciation

IPA: /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).

f - Gothic

Romanization

Romanization of 𐍆

f - Hungarian

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: [ˈf]
(letter name): IPA: [ˈɛfː]

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

f - Icelandic

Pronunciation

(letter name) IPA: /ɛfː/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Ido

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Indonesian

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Italian

Letter

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

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

f - Latvian

Pronunciation

IPA: [f]

Letter

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).

f - Livonian

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Malay

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Maltese

Pronunciation

IPA: /f/
IPA: /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.

f - Norwegian Bokmål

Letter

f (upercase F)

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

f - Nupe

Pronunciation

(phoneme): IPA: /f/

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Polish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ɛf/

Letter

f (upper case F, lower case)

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

f - Portuguese

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Romani

Pronunciation

IPA: /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.

f - Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA: /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.

f - Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

(uppercase) F

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /f/

Letter

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

Preposition

f (Cyrillic spelling ф)

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

Synonyms

u, v, vu

f - Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /f/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Slovene

Pronunciation

Phoneme

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: /f/, [v], SNPT: /f/, [v] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: /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

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

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

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

• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *fə̀ • Carinthian dialect plane: *fə̏ • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *fə̏ • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *fə̏ • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏ • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *fə̏ • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏ • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *fə̏ • Pannonian dialect plane: *fə̏

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

Symbol

(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/.

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

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

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

(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
- Ne vem kaj za f je narobe z mano.
  - I don't know what the f is wrong with me.
- Synonyms: f*k, f**k, fak, fuck

Inflection

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

Pronunciation

Noramlly

• (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [f], SNPT: [f] • (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [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

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

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

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

• Alpine Slavic (1000–1200 AD): *və̀ • Carinthian dialect plane: *və̏ • Veneitian–Karst dialect plane: *və̏ • Soča–Idrija dialect plane: *və̏ • Upper Carniolan dialect plane: *və̏ • Lower Carniolan dialect plane: *və̏ • Southern Styrian dialect plane: *və̏ • Northern Styrian dialect plane: *və̏ • Pannonian dialect plane: *və̏

Preposition

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

f - Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA: (letter name) /ˈefe/ [ˈe.fe]

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Tagalog

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: f
(letter name, Filipino alphabet):
- IPA: /ˈʔef/, [ˈʔɛf]
- IPA: /ˈʔep/, [ˈʔɛp] (colloquial)
(letter name, Abecedario):
- IPA: /ˈʔefe/, [ˈʔɛ.fɛ]
- IPA: /ˈʔepe/, [ˈʔɛ.pɛ] (colloquial)
(phoneme):
- IPA: /f/, [f]
- IPA: /p/, [p] (colloquial)

Letter

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

The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (Filipino alphabet), called ef 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.

Letter

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

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

f - Turkish

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Turkmen

Pronunciation

(phoneme) IPA: /ɸ/

Letter

f (upper case F)

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

f - Welsh

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Yoruba

Pronunciation

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

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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

f - Zulu

Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)

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