# f

| f | U+0066, &#102; LATIN SMALL LETTER F |
| ← e [U+0065] | Basic Latin | g → [U+0067] |
| ᶠ | U+1DA0, &#7584; MODIFIER LETTER SMALL F |
| ← ᶟ [U+1D9F] | Phonetic Extensions Supplement | ᶡ → [U+1DA1] |
| 𝆑 | U+1D191, &#119185; MUSICAL SYMBOL FORTE |
| ← 𝆐 [U+1D190] | Musical Symbols | 𝆒 → [U+1D192] |
| ｆ | U+FF46, &#65350; FULLWIDTH LATIN SMALL LETTER F |
| ← ｅ [U+FF45] | Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms | ｇ → [U+FF47] |

## 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 (upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

#### See also

* (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
* (Variations of letter F): Ḟḟ Ƒƒ ᵮ ᶂ ꜰ Ｆｆ ﬀ ﬁ ﬃ ﬂ ﬄ

### Pronunciation

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

### Symbol

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

### See also

Other representations of F:
| NATO phonetic: Foxtrot Morse code: ··–· Braille: ⠋ ASL Manual: F | Signal flag: | Semaphore: |

## English
### Etymology 1

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: /ɛf/
    Audio (US):(file)
    Audio (UK):(file)
* (phoneme): IPA: /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

* f-block
* fboy
* ff-hole
* f-hole
* f-number
* f-value

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

#### 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

* f-number
* f-slur
* f-stop
* f-word
* go f oneself

### Etymology 2

Abbreviations.
f
* (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of for.
* (Stenoscript) prefix for-.
* (Stenoscript) suffix/sequence for(e).

#### 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.
    Coordinate terms: m (“masculine”), n (“neuter”)
    Alternative form: f.

##### Derived terms

* effing and blinding

##### See also

* F
* c
* m
* n

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈe.fə]
* IPA: (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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lletres; A a (À à), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ï ï), J j, K k, L l (L·L l·l), M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ü ü), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Czech
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The eleventh letter of the Czech alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, E e, É é, Ě ě, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, P p, Q q, R r, Ř ř, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, Ů ů, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Dutch
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* 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: /fo/
* (phoneme): IPA: /f/
* Audio:(file)

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called fo and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) täht; A a, B b (C c), D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Š š, Z z, Ž ž, T t, U u, V v (W w), Õ õ, Ä ä, Ö ö, Ü ü (X x, Y y)

## Faroese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /f/

### Letter

f (upper case F)
* The seventh letter of the Faroese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstavur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, Y y, Ý ý, Æ æ, Ø ø

## 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

* IPA: /ˈæf/, [ˈæf] (letter name)
* IPA: /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.

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s (Š š), T t, U u, V v (W w), X x, Y y, Z z (Ž ž), Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

### 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

* F-duuri
* f-molli

## 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.

## 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).

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) karfeeje; ', A a, B b, Mb mb, Ɓ ɓ, C c, D d, Nd nd, Ɗ ɗ, E e, F f, G g, Ng ng, Ɠ ɠ, H h, I i, J j, Nj nj, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, Ñ ñ, Ɲ ɲ, O o, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Ƴ ƴ

## Gothic
### Romanization

f
* Romanization of 𐍆

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: [ˈf]
* (letter name): IPA: [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.

#### Derived terms

* f-moll

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) betű; A a, Á á, B b, C c, Cs cs, D d, Dz dz, Dzs dzs, E e, É é, F f, G g, Gy gy, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ly ly, M m, N n, Ny ny, O o, Ó ó, Ö ö, Ő ő, P p, R r, S s, Sz sz, T t, Ty ty, U u, Ú ú, Ü ü, Ű ű, V v, Z z, Zs zs. Only in the extended alphabet: Q q W w X x Y y. Commonly used: ch. Also defined: à ë. In surnames (selection): ä aa cz ds eé eö ew oe oó th ts ÿ.

### Further reading

* (speech sound, letter, abbreviation): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (musical sound, its symbol, or its key or chord position): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* (interjection expressing pain): f in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
* f in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

## Icelandic
### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ɛfː/

### Letter

f (upper case F)
* The eighth letter of the Icelandic alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bókstafur; A a, Á á, B b, D d, Ð ð, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ó ó, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ú ú, V v, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Þ þ, Æ æ, Ö ö

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) huruf; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Irish
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Irish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (Á á), B b (Bh bh, bhF bhf, bP bp), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh, dT dt), E e (É é), F f (Fh fh), G g (gC gc, Gh gh), H h, I i (Í í), L l, M m (mB mb, Mh mh), N n (nD nd, nG ng), O o (Ó ó), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th, tS ts), U u (Ú ú), V v
* (diacritics) ◌́ ◌̇
* (dotted letters used chiefly in Gaelic type) Ḃ ḃ, Ċ ċ, Ḋ ḋ, Ḟ ḟ, Ġ ġ, Ṁ ṁ, Ṗ ṗ, Ṡ ẛ ṡ, Ṫ ṫ

## 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.

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

Borrowed from Tagalog f. Letter pronunciation is influenced by English f.

### Pronunciation

* (letter name) IPA: /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔef]
** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔep]
** Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
* (phoneme) IPA: /f/ [f]
** IPA: (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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### References

* Komisyon ng Wikang Filipino (2016) Ortograpiya di Kankanaëy [Kankanaey Orthography]‎ (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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, Ã ã, B b, C c, D d, E e, É é, Ë ë, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, O o, Ò ò, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, R r, S s, T t, U u, Ù ù, W w, Y y, Z z, Ż ż

## Latin
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* A letter in the Latin alphabet, representing the sound /f/

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, V v, X x, Y y, Z z

## 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: [f]
* Audio:(file)

### 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).

#### See also

* Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
    burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

## Livonian
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /f/

### Letter

f (upper case F)
* The tenth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) kēratēd̦; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, D̦ d̦, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž

## Malay
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## 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.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) ittra; A a, B b, Ċ ċ, D d, E e, F f, Ġ ġ, G g, Għ għ, H h, Ħ ħ, I i, Ie ie, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Ż ż, Z z

## North Frisian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [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.

### See also

* (North Frisian letters): a, ä, å, ā, b, c, d, đ, e, ē, f, g, h, i, j, k, l, m, n, o, ö, p, r, s, t, u, ü, v, w (q, x, y, z)

## Norwegian
### Pronunciation

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

### Letter

f (upercase 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.

### See also

* (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz, Ææ, Øø, Åå

## Nupe
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme): IPA: /f/

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The seventh letter of the Nupe alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) banki; A a (Á á, À à), B b, C c, D d, Dz dz, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì), J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, Ts ts, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v, W w, Y y, Z z, Zh zh

## Old English
### Letter

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: /ˈɛf/

### Letter

f (upper case F, lower case)
* The ninth letter of the Polish alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, Ę ę, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ó ó, P p (Q q), R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u (V v), W w (X x), Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Brazil):(file)

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, X x, I i, J j, K k, Kh kh, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Ph ph, R r, S s, T t, Th th, U u, V v, Z z International Standard: (À à, Ä ä, Ǎ ǎ), Ć ć, Ćh ćh, (È è, Ë ë, Ě ě), (Ì ì, Ï ï, Ǐ ǐ), (Ò ò, Ö ö, Ǒ ǒ), Rr rr, Ś ś, (Ù ù, Ü ü, Ǔ ǔ), Ź ź, Ʒ ʒ, Q q, Ç ç, ϴ θ. Pan-Vlax: Č č, Čh čh, Dž dž, (Dź dź), Ř ř, Š š, (Ś ś), Ž ž, (Ź ź).

## 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.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ă ă, Â â, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, Î î, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Ș ș, T t, Ț ț, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

## Scottish Gaelic
### Etymology 1
#### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Scottish Gaelic alphabet, written in the Latin script. It is preceded by e and followed by g. Its traditional name is feàrna (“alder”).

##### See also

* (Latin-script letters) litir; A a (À à), B b (Bh bh), C c (Ch ch), D d (Dh dh), E e (È è), F f (Fh fh), G g (Gh gh), H h, I i (Ì ì), L l, M m (Mh mh), N n, O o (Ò ò), P p (Ph ph), R r, S s (Sh sh), T t (Th th), U u (Ù ù)
* (diacritics) ◌̀
* (obsolete vowels) Á á É é Ó ó

### Etymology 2
#### Adverb

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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Alternative forms

* F (uppercase)

### 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) [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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, Ã ã, B b, C c, Ć ć, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, Ł ł, M m, N n, Ń ń, O o, Ŏ ŏ, Ō ō, Ô ô, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Ś ś, T t, U u, W w, Y y, Z z, Ź ź, Ż ż

## Skolt Sami
### Pronunciation

* (phoneme) IPA: /f/

### Letter

f (upper case F)
* The eleventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [f]

### Letter

f (upper case F)
* The thirteenth letter of the Slovak alphabet, written in the Latin script.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) písmeno; A a, Á á, Ä ä, B b, C c, Č č, D d, Ď ď, Dz dz, Dž dž, E e, É é, F f, G g, H h, Ch ch, I i, Í í, J j, K k, L l, Ĺ ĺ, Ľ ľ, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ó ó, Ô ô, P p, Q q, R r, Ŕ ŕ, S s, Š š, T t, Ť ť, U u, Ú ú, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Ý ý, Z z, Ž ž

## Slovene
### 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: /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: /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], 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.
* 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/.

##### Inflection

* First pronunciation
* Second pronunciation
* More common when with a definite adjective
* First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

### Etymology 2

From f, an abbreviation for fuck, from Middle English *fukken, probably from Proto-Germanic *fukkōną, from Proto-Indo-European *pewǵ- (“to strike, punch, stab”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Slovene, tonal) IPA: [ˈɛ̂f], SNPT: [ȅf]
* (Standard Slovene, non-tonal) IPA: [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.

##### Inflection
### 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
* (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], 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: -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: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.

#### See also

* (Latin script letters) Aa, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Vv, Zz, Žž
* jebati
* v

#### Further reading

* “f”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (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 ef and written in the Latin script.

## Swedish
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Swedish alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) bokstav; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

## 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: /ˈʔef/ [ˈʔɛf] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔep/ [ˈʔɛp̚] (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
*** Rhymes: -ef (letter name, Filipino alphabet), (more native-sounding) -ep (letter name, Filipino alphabet)
** IPA: /ˈʔefe/ [ˈʔɛː.fɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
*** IPA: (more native-sounding) /ˈʔepe/ [ˈʔɛː.pɛ] (letter name, Abecedario)
*** Rhymes: -efe (letter name, Abecedario), (more native-sounding) -epe (letter name, Abecedario)
** IPA: /f/ [f] (phoneme)
*** IPA: (more native-sounding) /p/ [p̚] (phoneme)

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)
* The sixth letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) titik; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ñ ñ, Ng ng, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F, Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉᜒ)
* (historical) The seventh letter of the Tagalog alphabet (the Abecedario), called efe and written in the Latin script.

### Further reading

* “f”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

## Turkish
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The seventh letter of the Turkish alphabet, called fe and written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harf; A a (Â â), B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i (Î î), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u (Û û), Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

## 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.

### See also

* (Latin-script letters) harp; A a, B b, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ä ä, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, Ž ž, K k, L l, M m, N n, Ň ň, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, W w, Y y, Ý ý, Z z

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “f”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

## 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.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) lẹ́tà; A a (Á á, À à, Ā ā), B b, D d, E e (É é, È è, Ē ē), Ẹ ẹ (Ẹ́ ẹ́, Ẹ̀ ẹ̀, Ẹ̄ ẹ̄), F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Ī ī), J j, K k, L l, M m (Ḿ ḿ, M̀ m̀, M̄ m̄), N n (Ń ń, Ǹ ǹ, N̄ n̄), O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ō ō), Ọ ọ (Ọ́ ọ́, Ọ̀ ọ̀, Ọ̄ ọ̄), P p, R r, S s, Ṣ ṣ, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Ū ū), W w, Y y
* (Benin)
* (Latin-script letters) lɛ́tà; A a, B b, D d, E e, Ɛ ɛ, F f, G g, Gb gb, H h, I i, J j, K k, Kp kp, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ɔ ɔ, P p, R r, S s, Sh sh, T t, U u, W w, Y y

## Zulu
### Letter

f (lower case, upper case F)
* The sixth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

#### See also

* (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z