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Webster 1913 Edition

F

F

(ĕf)
.
1.
F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma [GREEK], which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phœnician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in E. five, Gr.
πέντε
; E. wolf, L. lupus, Gr.
λύκος
; E. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook,
Verb.
T.
; E. bear, L. ferre. See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.
2.
(Mus.)
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.
F clef
,
the bass clef. See under
Clef
.

Webster 1828 Edition

F

F

, the sixth letter of the English Alphabet., is a labial articulation, formed by placing the upper teeth on the under lip, and accompanied with an emission of breath. Its kindred letter is v, which is chiefly distinguished from f by being more vocal, or accompanied with more sound, as may be perceived by pronouncing ef,
ev.
This letter may be derived from the Oriental vau. The Latins received the letter from the Eolians in Greece, who wrote it in the form of a double g, F,; whence it has been called most absurdly digamma. It corresponds in power to the Greek phi, and its proper name is ef.
As a Latin numeral, it signifies 40, and with a dash over the top, forty thousand.
In the civil law, two of these letters together ff, signify the pandects.
In English criminal law, this letter is branded on felons, when admitted to the benefit of clergy.
In medical prescriptions, F stands for fiat, let it be made; F.S.A. fiat secundum artem.

F

stands also for Fellow; F.R.S. Fellow of the Royal Society.

F

or fa, in music, is the fourth note rising in this order in the gamut, ut, re, mi,
fa.
It denotes also one of the Greek keys in music, destined for the base.

F

in English has one uniform sound, as in father, after.

Definition 2024

F

F


F U+0046, F
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER F
← E
[U+0045] 		Basic Latin G →
[U+0047]
See also: Ғ and Appendix:Variations of "f"

Translingual

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

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

See also

Symbol

F

  1. (chemistry) Symbol for fluorine.
  2. (metrology) Symbol for farad.
  3. (computing) Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
  4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
  5. (physics) force
  6. (physics) farad

See also

Other representations of F:

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛf/

Letter

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

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

Number

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

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

Etymology 2

Abbreviation

F

  1. female
  2. A musical note
  3. Friday
  4. father
  5. forever
  6. (stock symbol) Ford Motor Company
  7. False
  8. function (for the function keys on a computer keyboard)
    Press F1 for help.
  9. Euphemism for ****

Coordinate terms

  • (gender): M, X

Noun

F ‎(plural Fs)

  1. A failing grade in a class or course. The next best grade is either a D or an E. Some institutions issue Es instead of Fs.
  2. American Library Association Abbreviation [please replace this header] for folio-sized books, over 30 cm in height.

American Sign Language

Letter

‎(Stokoe F)

  1. The letter F

Azeri

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

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

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/

Letter

F ‎(capital, lowercase f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

  • Previous letter: E
  • Next letter: G

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Letter

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

(Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz

Finnish

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.

Usage notes

  • Used only in loanwords.

See also

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ʔɛf]

Letter

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

Derived terms

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f/

Letter

F ‎(lower case f)

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

See also

Italian

Pronunciation

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈɛffe/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /f/

Letter

F m, f ‎(invariable, lower case f)

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

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Latvian

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]

Letter

F

F ‎(upper case, lower 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

Malay

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.

See also

Portuguese

Letter

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe/, /ef/

Letter

F (capital, lowercase f)

  1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by E and followed by G.

Skolt Sami

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

Slovene

Letter

F ‎(capital, lowercase f)

  1. The 7th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by E and followed by G.

Somali

Pronunciation

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
  • (letter name): IPA(key): /fæ/

Letter

F upper case (lower case f)

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, called fa and written in the Latin script.

Usage notes

  1. The fourteenth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by G and followed by Q.

See also

Spanish

Letter

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

  1. The sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish

Letter

F ‎(upper case, lower case f)

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

See also

f

f


f U+0066, f
LATIN SMALL LETTER F
← e
[U+0065] 		Basic Latin g →
[U+0067]
See also: բ and Appendix:Variations of "f"

Translingual

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 lower case (upper case F)

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

See also

Pronunciation

Symbol

f

  1. (music) forte
  2. (IPA) voiceless labiodental fricative
  3. (physics) frequency
  4. (optics) focal length
  5. (linguistics) female gender

See also

Other representations of F:

English

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛf/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/
  • See Guide to Pronunciation, §§ 178, 179, 188, 198, 230 in the 1913 Webster dictionary

Letter

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

  1. The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
Derived terms
See also

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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

f

  1. (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
  2. (euphemistic) ****
    What the f do you think you're doing?
  3. Alternative form of f.
Derived terms
Synonyms
  • (folio paper and book size): F, fo
Translations
See also

Azeri

Letter

f lower case (upper case F)

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

See also

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • 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

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

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

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

Ido

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f/

Letter

f ‎(upper case F)

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

See also

Italian

Noun

f m, f ‎(invariable)

  1. See under F

Latvian

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]

Letter

F

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

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

Malay

Letter

f ‎(lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

Norwegian

Pronunciation

  • (letter name): IPA(key): /efː/, /ɛfː/
  • (phoneme): IPA(key): /f/

Letter

f

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Letter

f ‎(lower case, upper case F)

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

See also

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe/, /ef/

Letter

f ‎(lowercase, capital F)

  1. The eighth letter of the Romanian alphabet, written in the Latin script. Representing the phoneme /f/. Preceded by e and followed by g.

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (uppercase) F

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

  1. (Kajkavian) (with locative) in, at
  2. (Kajkavian) (with accusative) to, into
  3. (Kajkavian) (with accusative) on, in, at, during (in expressions concerning time)
  4. (Kajkavian) (with locative) in, during (in expressions concerning time)

Synonyms

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /'efe/

Letter

f ‎(lower case, upper case F)

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

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

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

Etymology

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