F

Pronunciation

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

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

Full definition of f

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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

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1. (printing) Folio, paper and book size (10"-12.5" x 15"-20")
2. (euphemistic) fuckWhat the f do you think you're doing ?
3. Alternative form of f.

Derived terms

• effing and blinding

Synonyms

• (folio paper and book size) F, fo