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f en · NUM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• (US) audio
• /ɛf/ (letter, name)
• /f/ (phoneme)

Etymology

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

Meanings

1. (lowercase, number) The sixth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Forms

Deriveds

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

f en · SYM · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (UK) audio
• (US) audio
• /ɛf/ (letter, name)
• /f/ (phoneme)

Etymology

Old English lower case letter f, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case f of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚠ (f, “fe”).

Meanings

1. (letter, lowercase) The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.

Forms

Deriveds

long f · f-block · f-value · f-number · f-hole · fboy · ff-hole · f with hook

f en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. (abbreviation) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
2. (abbreviation, alt-of, euphemistic) Abbreviation of fuck.
   alt of fuck
   • What the f do you think you're doing?
3. (abbreviation, alt-of) Abbreviation of feminine.
   alt of feminine

Coordinates

m · n

Deriveds

effing and blinding

Relateds

m · f. · c · n · F

Synonyms

F · fo

Translations (4)

ru ж (feminine — see also feminine) · mr स्त्रीलिंग (feminine — see also feminine) · hu nn. (feminine — see also feminine) · he נ (feminine — see also feminine)

f en · SYM · etymology 2

Etymology

Abbreviations.

Meanings

1. 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.

Deriveds

F clef