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Ғ 𠂋 Appendix:Variations of "f" Ｆ 𜳛 Translingual Etymology From the mul ett - letter ett 𐌅 ve, from the mul grc - letter grc Ϝ digamma, derived from the mul phn - letter phn 𐤅 waw, from the mul egy - hieroglyph egy 𓏲. Letter mul mul letter 6 See also Symbol mul Q650 fluorine mul Q131255 mul metrology farad. mul Q38701 mul computing Hexadecimal symbol for the number expressed as 15 in decimal numerals. mul Q170545 mul amino acid IUPAC 1-letter symbol phenylalanine. mul Phe<id:Q170545> mul Q11402 mul physics force. mul Q1067722 mul medicine French gauge. mul G<gloss:Birmingham gauge> mul linguistics A wildcard for a fricative. mul S<gloss:a sibilant fricative> mul linguistics A falling tone. mul HL mul HM ML mul voice quality symbols falsetto. mul clothing bra cup size. floor. mul license plate codes France. Gallery See also F Foxtrot ··–· ⠋ mul Halogens English thumb|Piano keyboard with white keys labeled Etymology 1 Pronunciation letter name en /ɛf/ en en-uk-f.ogg UK en ɛf 1 Letter en en letter 6 ef 3 On several occasions, indeed, he did learn E, F, G, H, but by the time he knew them, it was always discovered that he had forgotten A, B, C, and D. Derived terms en System F F layer F region F in the chat press F to pay respects F-137 F-138 F-15 F-35A F-35B F-35C F-statistics F-1 F-16 F-center F-algebra F-tier See also Number en en ordinal 6 ef Symbol sym en music The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège. The scale or key which has that note for its tonic. On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys see figure. The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree. Derived terms en F clef F major F minor Interjection en interjection en internet slang usually humorous An expression of sympathy or pity; see en F in the chat. Etymology 2 Abbreviation. Symbol sym en stock symbol Ford Motor Company en Ford common short form FMC initialism Adjective - en false. en T en female. en M X en Amy Harmon Which Box Do You Check? Some States Are Offering a Nonbinary Option w:The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/nonbinary-drivers-licenses.html 2019-05-29 So last summer, when the Massachusetts State Legislature became one of the first in the nation to consider a bill to add an “X” option for nonbinary genders to the “M” and “F” on the state driver’s license, El, 17, was less surprised than some at the maneuver that effectively killed it. https://web.archive.org/web/20190608042105/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/us/nonbinary-drivers-licenses.html en philately en fine. en numismatic slang en fine. Translations fine French: fr TB Noun An academic grade, specifically: en grade A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs). en UK A grade lower than E but higher than G. A grade of black-lead pencil (originally an abbreviation of en fine). In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height. en fellow. en FGS fellow of the Geological Society en FRS fellow of the Royal Society en nautical en fog, as in a ship's log. en US meteorology en Fujita followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado. en the F-scale ; an F3 tornado en function followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard. en Press F1 for help. en bacteriology en w:fertility factor (bacteria) fertility factor. en euphemistic en fuck. en 2005 w:P. T. Deutermann The Cat Dancers New York, N.Y. w:St. Martin's Press 0312333773 57 https://archive.org/details/catdancers0000deut_s8j6/page/57/mode/1up?q=%22F%22 The lieutenant consulted the patrol reports. “I quote: ‘MFer done throwed the nigger in the MFing truck, turned that MFing gun on the whole MFing street one more time, and then peeled that MFer the F out of there.’ Unquote. You interpret that as you will.” Proper noun Abbreviation of various proper names. en Fahrenheit. en Father, as a title given to priests. en Fr en French. en Friday. en Fri Verb +' en euphemistic en fuck. en 2011 Assassin's Code Don Pendleton 139 "Oh, F you." en 2012 Photography as Activism: Images for Social Change Michelle Bogre I'll be in tears on every second assignment; they're just like, "Oh f', this guy really cares." en 2017 Sunday Night at the Races Richard Segal Oh F this for a laugh, ya get the yoke I'm sure now, ya doesn't has to explain. en numismatic slang en Academic grades Book sizes Coins Afar Letter aa aa letter 13 See also Afrikaans Pronunciation letter name af /ɛf/ Letter af af letter 6 See also Noun F's F'ie F Azerbaijani Pronunciation phoneme az [f] letter name az [feː] [fɯː] Letter az az letter 8 See also Basque Pronunciation efe Letter eu eu letter 6 efe See also Catalan Pronunciation éfa éfe,éf Letter ca ca letter 6 efa efe ef See also Central Franconian Etymology /f/ is from West Germanic post-vocalic *p; from *p in lp, rp in Moselle Franconian; from *ff; from stem-initial *f except around Aachen and in the Netherlands. Pronunciation gmw-cfr /f/ Letter gmw-cfr gmw-cfr letter German-based gmw-cfr letter Dutch-based Usage notes 2 Doubling of F In the German-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem. In the Dutch-based spelling, f is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open. Chinese Pronunciation 1 áifu,ếfu,ềfu e1 fu4 xm:e fò êh8 hu7 sh:7eq&6fu Often realised as 7ɛq 6fu letters Definitions zh zh letter 6 the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese Pronunciation 2 fō,1nb=common,2nb=official letters Letter zh zh letter 6 Pinyin Usage notes The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄈ (ê̄f), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin. See also zh FF Dutch Pronunciation letter name nl /ɛf/ nl Nl-F.ogg Letter nl the sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet See also Elfdalian Alternative forms ovd ᚠ Dalecarlian runes Letter ovd ovd letter 8 Esperanto Pronunciation See eo f. Letter eo eo letter 7 fo See also Further reading f fo Estonian et: Letter et et letter 6 eff Usage notes Used only in loanwords. See also Finnish Etymology Letter fi fi letter 6 äf ef Usage notes Used only in loanwords. See also Noun fi f F (musical note) note French Letter fr fr letter 6 Noun fr noun fr chess fr fou bishop fr Les règles du jeu d’échecs 2023 https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reglesdujeu2023.pdf 2023-04 17 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6e.p. Cxd6 7. Fg5 Cc6 8.De3+ Fe7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1 (=) https://web.archive.org/web/20260303190352/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reglesdujeu2023.pdf 3 March 2026 14 June 2025 See also German Pronunciation de /ɛf/ [ʔɛf] letter name de De-F.OGG de /f/ phoneme The pronunciation /v/ for ⟨f⟩ is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers de fünf, de elf, de zwölf, as well as the informal words de doof and de Schlafittchen. In these five contexts the pronunciation /f/ usually sounds “wrong” to speakers from northern and central Germany, though it is normal in Austria, Switzerland, South Tyrol, and (partially) southern Germany. Northern speakers may also use /v/ in other words (e.g. de schief, de steif), but these are variants alongside generally unmarked /f/. Letter de de letter 6 See also Noun n,-,-:s en F Declension n,-,-:s Derived terms de Schema F Further reading Hungarian Pronunciation phoneme letter name eff hu Hu-ef.ogg Letter hu hu letter 11 eff Declension F-e e fF- j jei Derived terms hu F-dúr See also Icelandic Pronunciation eff<qq:letter name> Letter is is letter 8 See also Ido Pronunciation io /f/ Letter io io letter 6 See also Indonesian Pronunciation letter name id /ɛf/ phoneme id /f/ Letter id id letter 6 See also Irish Letter ga ga letter 6 See also Isoko Letter iso iso letter 8 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 it: Pronunciation èffe<pre:letter name> f<pre:phonemic realization> Letter it it letter 6 effe See also Italian alphabet Kankanaey Etymology kne tl F. Letter pronunciation is influenced by kne en F. Pronunciation 7ef<a:letter name> f<a:phoneme> Letter letter kne letter 6 ef See also References 10-11 Kashubian Etymology Letter csb csb letter 10 See also Latin Letter la la letter representing the sound /f/ See also Latvian 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 f lv lv-riga-f.ogg Letter class=skin-invert-image|thumb|200px|F lv lv letter 9 ef 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 Luxembourgish Letter lb lb letter 6 See also Noun m F-en F the letter en F Further reading Malay ms: Pronunciation ms [ɛf] Name of letter ms [f] Phoneme Letter ms ms letter 6 See also Maltese Letter mt mt letter 6 See also Norwegian Bokmål Letter nb nb letter 6 See also Noun F- the letter en F References “F – bokstav” in no Store norske leksikon. Norwegian Nynorsk Letter nn nn letter 6 See also Noun F- the letter en F References Nupe Pronunciation phoneme nup /f/ Letter nup nup letter 7 See also Old English Pronunciation ang /f/ Letter ang ang letter Oromo Pronunciation fa fa om Om-f.ogg Letter om om letter 6 Polish Etymology pl letter Pronunciation ef - - LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-F.wav Letter pl pl letter 9 ef See also Portuguese Letter pt pt letter 6 See also Romani Pronunciation rom /f/ Letter rom rom International Standard rom letter 8 rom Pan-Vlax rom letter 9 See also Romanian Pronunciation ro /f/ Letter ro ro letter 8 ef fe fî See also Sarikoli Pronunciation Letter srh srh letter 10 See also Scottish Gaelic Letter gd gd letter 6 E G ; traditionally named gd feàrna alder See also Silesian Etymology Letter szl szl letter 8 See also Skolt Sami Pronunciation phoneme sms /f/ Letter sms sms letter 11 See also Slovene sl: Etymology From Gaj's Latin alphabet sh F, from sl cs - alphabet cs F, from Latin la F, from the sl ett - letter ett 𐌅 ve, from the sl grc - letter grc Ϝ digamma, derived from the sl phn - letter phn 𐤅 waw, from the sl egy - hieroglyph egy 𓏲. Pronunciation as /fə/ is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from sl de f. Pronunciation Phoneme sl /f/ [v] /f/ [v] sl /f/ [v] /f/ [v] Letter name F fə̀, èf ə̏, ȅ sl [ˈfə̂] [ˈɛ̂f] [fə̏] [ȅf] sl [ˈfə] [ˈɛf] [fə̀] [èf] sl Sl-nt-f.ogg, sl Sl-nt-ef.ogg sl ə ɛf ə̀, èf sl F sl f sl f *fə̀ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ *fə̏ Letter sl sl letter 7 sl letter 10 Resian sl letter 7 Natisone Valley dialect Noun F m-in The name of the Latin script letter F / f. Declension First pronunciation F F-ja F-ju, F-ji F F-ju, F-ji F-jem F F-ja F-jev F-jema F-ja F-jih F-jema F-ja F-ji F-jev F-jem F-je F-jih F-ji F-ji m-in-1-s j- Second pronunciation F F-a F-u, F-i F F-u, F-i F-om F F-a F-ov F-oma F-a F-ih F-oma F-a F-i F-ov F-om F-e F-ih F-i F-i m-in-1 More common when with a definite adjective F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F F m-3 First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century F F-ja F-ju, F-ji F F-ju, F-ji F-jom F F-ja F-jov F-joma F-ja F-jih F-joma F-ja F-ji F-jov F-jom F-je F-jih F-ji F-ji m-in-1 j- See also Further reading Somali Pronunciation phoneme so /f/ letter name so /fæ/ Letter so so letter 14 fa G Q Usage notes The Somali alphabet follows the Arabic abjad order. See also Spanish Letter es es letter 6 See also Swedish Letter sv sv letter 6 See also Tagalog Etymology tl es F. Each pronunciation has a different source: Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en F. Abecedario pronunciation is from tl es F. Pronunciation éf<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> éfe<qq:letter name, Abecedario> +<qq:phoneme> Letter tl 6 ef fil tl historical 7 efe abec 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 tl P. See also Further reading Turkish Letter tr tr letter 7 fe See also Welsh Pronunciation cy /ɛv/ standard cy /v(ː)/ informal Letter cy cy letter 8 èf It is preceded by cy E and followed by cy Ff. See also Further reading Yoruba Pronunciation phoneme yo /f/ letter name yo /fí/ Letter yo yo letter 6 fí See also Zulu Letter zu zu letter 6 See also