ef
See also: ef-, -ef, and EF
English
Alternative forms
- eff
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛf/
- Rhymes: -ɛf
Noun
ef (plural efs)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
- 2004 Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, p. 170
- I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
- 2004 Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, p. 170
Derived terms
- eff
Translations
name of the letter F, f
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See also
- (Latin-script letter names) letter; a, bee, cee, dee, e, ef, gee, aitch, i, jay, kay, el, em, en, o, pee, cue, ar, ess, tee, u, vee, double-u, ex, wye, zee / zed
Conjunction
ef
- (nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of if, representing dialectal English.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
- Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child, ef Rosebud hadn’t interfered.
- 1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:
Anagrams
- F&E, FE, Fe, f.e.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɛf]
Noun
ef n
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
Further reading
- ef in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- ef in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛːv/
- Rhymes: -ɛːv
Conjunction
ef
- if
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ef/, [ɛf]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ef/, [ɛf]
Noun
ef f (indeclinable)
- The name of the letter F.
Usage notes
- Multiple Latin names for the letter F, f have been suggested. The most common is ef or a syllabic f, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter, fē, əf, fə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters) ιφφε (iphphe).
Coordinate terms
- (Latin-script letter names) littera; ā, bē, cē, dē, ē, ef, gē, hā / *acca, ī, kā, el, em, en, ō, pē, kū, er, es, tē, ū, ix / īx / ex, ȳ / ī graeca / ȳpsīlon, zēta
References
- Arthur E. Gordon, The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 of University of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
Latvian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɛf]
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Noun
ef m (invariable)
- The Latvian name of the Latin script letter F/f.
See also
- Latvian letter names:
- a (A), garais ā (Ā), bē (B), cē (C), čē (Č), dē (D), e (E), garais ē (Ē), ef (F), gā (G), ģē (Ģ), hā (H), i (I), garais ī (Ī), jē (J), kā (K), ķē (Ķ), el (L), eļ (Ļ), em (M), en (N), eņ (Ņ), o (O), pē (P), er (R), es (S), eš (Š), tē (T), u (U), garais ū (Ū), vē (V), zē (Z), žē (Ž)
Old French
Alternative forms
- e, ep
Etymology
From Latin apem, accusative singular of apis.
Noun
ef m (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)
- bee
Descendants
- Picard: é
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (ef)
Old Norse
Etymology 1
From Proto-Germanic *jabai, originally the dative of *jabą (“doubt”), whence ef (“doubt”).
Conjunction
ef
- if
Descendants
- Icelandic: ef
- Old Swedish: ef, em, um
- Swedish: om
- Norwegian:
- Norwegian Nynorsk: um (influenced by um < umb)
- Old Danish: æf, æm, um
- Danish: om
- Norwegian Bokmål: om
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: om
- Norwegian Bokmål: om
- Danish: om
Etymology 2
From Proto-Germanic *jabą.
Alternative forms
- if
Noun
ef
- (obsolete) doubt
- mér er til efs
- I doubt
- (literally, “for me is at doubt”)
Declension
Declension of ef (strong a-stem)
neuter | singular | plural | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | ef | efit | ef | efin |
accusative | ef | efit | ef | efin |
dative | efi | efinu | efum | efunum |
genitive | efs | efsins | efa | efanna |
Derived terms
- iflaust (“doubtless, undoubted”)
Descendants
- Old Swedish: iæf
- Swedish: jäv
Old Saxon
Conjunction
ef
- if, when
Welsh
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *éy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eːv/
- Rhymes: -eːv
Pronoun
ef
- (literary) he; him
Synonyms
- e, o (colloquial)