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Definition 2024

cf.

cf.

See also: cf, Cf, CF, cF, c.f., and .cf

English

Verb

cf.

compare, compare to, compare with

Usage notes

The abbreviation cf. is sometimes mistakenly used to mean see also.

Translations

compare

Bulgarian: сравни (bg) ‎(sravni)
Czech: srov. (cs)
Danish: jf. (da)
Dutch: cf. or vgl. (nl) or verg.
Esperanto: kp.
Faroese: sbr., smbr.
Finnish: vrt. (fi)
French: cf. (fr)
German: vgl. (de)
Greek: πβ. (el) ‎(pv.), πρβ. (el) ‎(prv.)
Hebrew: השו׳
Hungarian: vö. (hu)
Icelandic: sbr. (is)
Italian: cfr.

Japanese: 参照せよ ‎(sanshōseyo), 比較せよ ‎(hikakuseyo)
Latvian: sal.
Lithuanian: plg.
Norwegian: jf. (no)
Persian: قس (fa) ‎(qess)
Polish: por. (pl)
Portuguese: cf. (pt)
Romanian: cf.
Russian: ср. ‎(sr.)
Spanish: cf., cfr.
Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)

Anagrams

FC

Latin

Etymology

Abbreviation of cōnfer, imperative of cōnferō, from con- ‎(“together”) and ferō ‎(“(I) bring”).

Verb

cf.

Abbreviation of confer ‎(“compare”).

Portuguese

Abbreviation

cf.

cf