F

Etymology
From the letter, from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph.

Letter

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

Symbol

 * 1)  Symbol for fluorine.
 * 2)  Symbol for farad.
 * 3)  Hexadecimal symbol for 15.
 * 4)  IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for phenylalanine
 * 5)  force
 * 6)  A wildcard for a fricative
 * synonyms: S for a sibilant fricative
 * 1)  falling tone
 * synonyms: more commonly HL, or more specifically HM or ML
 * 1)  falsetto
 * synonyms: more commonly HL, or more specifically HM or ML
 * 1)  falsetto

Pronunciation




Symbol

 * 1) The fourth note of the diatonic scale of C major, called fa in solfège.
 * 2) The scale or key which has that note for its tonic.
 * 3) On a piano keyboard, the white key next to the left of each group of three black keys.
 * 4) The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.
 * 1) The degree of a staff assigned to such a key or tone; a note on such a degree.

Etymology 2
Abbreviation.



Symbol

 * 1)  Ford Motor Company

Translations

 * French:

Noun

 * 1) An academic grade,
 * 2)  A failing grade, with the next best grade being either a D or an E (some institutions issue Es instead of Fs).
 * 3)  A grade lower than E but higher than G.
 * 4) A grade of black-lead pencil.
 * 5) In the American Library Association, a folio-sized book, over 30 cm in height.
 * , as in a ship's log.
 * , as in a ship's log.
 * , as in a ship's log.
 * , as in a ship's log.

Proper noun

 * , as a title given to priests.
 * , as a title given to priests.
 * , as a title given to priests.

Etymology 3
See.

Interjection

 * 1)  Used to indicate regret for an unfortunate event.

Letter

 * 1) The thirteenth letter in the Afar alphabet.

Noun

 * 1) F

Etymology

 * 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.

Usage notes

 * 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.

Usage notes

 * 《汉语拼音方案》 defines a standard pronunciation for each letter. However, these pronunciations are rarely used in education; another pronunciation is commonly used instead.
 * The pronunciation above are only used while referring to letters in Pinyin. They are not used in other context (such as English).
 * The official pronunciation defined in 《汉语拼音方案》, ㄝㄈ (ê̄f), is not a valid syllable in Pinyin.

Letter

 * 1) The sixth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords.

Usage notes

 * Used only in loanwords.

Pronunciation

 * The pronunciation for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers, , , as well as inflections of . Here the pronunciation  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  in other words (e.g. inflections of , ), but these are informal.
 * The pronunciation for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers, , , as well as inflections of . Here the pronunciation  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  in other words (e.g. inflections of , ), but these are informal.
 * The pronunciation for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers, , , as well as inflections of . Here the pronunciation  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  in other words (e.g. inflections of , ), but these are informal.
 * The pronunciation for ‹f› is de-facto standard in inflections and derivatives of the numbers, , , as well as inflections of . Here the pronunciation  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  in other words (e.g. inflections of , ), but these are informal.

Letter

 * 1) The sixth letter of the German alphabet.

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.

Letter




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).

Pronunciation

 * , or if voiced

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by . Its traditional name is .

Etymology
From Gaj's Latin alphabet, from alphabet , from Latin , from the  letter , from the  letter , derived from the  letter , from the  hieroglyph. Pronunciation as is initial Slovene (phoneme plus a fill vowel) and the second pronunciation is probably taken from.

Pronunciation

 * Phoneme


 * Letter name

Inflection

 * First pronunciation


 * Second pronunciation


 * More common when with a definite adjective


 * First pronunciation, dialectal, in common written language used till 19th century

Usage notes

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

Letter

 * 1) the sixth letter of the Spanish alphabet

Etymology
. Each pronunciation has a different source:
 * Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by.
 * Abecedario pronunciation is from.

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.

Letter

 * 1)  It is preceded by  and followed by .