effe
See also: Effe and ëffe
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛ.fə/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: ef‧fe
Adverb
effe
- (colloquial, Netherlands) Alternative form of even (“shortly; for a moment”).
French
Alternative forms
- èfe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛf/
Noun
effe m (plural effes)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.
Italian
Etymology
From Latin ef (the name of the letter F).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɛf.fe/
- Rhymes: -ɛffe
- Hyphenation: èf‧fe
Noun
effe f or m (invariable)
- The name of the Latin-script letter F.; ef
See also
- (Latin-script letter names) lettera; a, bi, ci, di, e, effe, gi, acca, i, gei / i lunga, cappa, elle, emme, enne, o, pi, cu, erre, esse, ti, u, vu / vi, doppia vu, ics, ipsilon / i greca, zeta
Limburgish
Alternative forms
- aeve (widespread varaint)
- eve (Maastrichtian, Valkenburg)
- graat (Eupen)
Etymology
From Old East Low Franconian iffa, first found in the stories of Heinrich von Veldeke (before or around 1150 – after 1184).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæ.fə/
- Hyphenation: ef‧fe
- Rhymes: -æfə
Adverb
effe
- shortly, as in "no problem"; briefly
- for a short period, for a moment
Adjective
effe
- even, opposite of odd