cf.

cf.

See also: cf, Cf, CF, cF, c.f., and .cf

English

Alternative forms

• cf

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin cōnfer (“compare”), imperative of cōnferō (“I compare”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/[1]
• IPA^(key): /siːˈɛf/[2]
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

cf.

1. Compare, compare to, compare with.
2. (nonstandard, proscribed) see, see also

Related terms

• collate
• confer

Translations

compare

Bulgarian: сравни (bg) (sravni) Chinese: Mandarin: 參見／参见 (zh) (cānjiàn) Czech: srov. (cs) Danish: jf. (da) Dutch: cf. or vgl. (nl) or verg. Esperanto: kp. Faroese: sbr., smbr. Finnish: vrt. (fi) French: cf. (fr) German: vgl. (de), cf. (de), vergl. (de) Greek: πβ. (el) (pv.), πρβ. (el) (prv.) Hebrew: השו׳‎ Hungarian: vö. (hu) Icelandic: sbr. (is) Ido: kp. Italian: cfr. (it) Japanese: 参照せよ (sanshōseyo), 比較せよ (hikakuseyo) Latvian: sal. Lithuanian: plg. Norwegian: jf. (no) Polish: por. (pl) Portuguese: cf. (pt) Romanian: cf. Russian: ср. (ru) (sr.) Spanish: cf., cfr. Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)

References

1. Stackexchange
2. Cambridge Dictionary

Anagrams

• F.C., FC, Fc

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Latin

Etymology

Abbreviation of cōnfer, imperative of cōnferō, from con- (“together”) and ferō (“(I) bring”).

Verb

cf.

1. Abbreviation of confer (“compare”).

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Portuguese

Verb

cf.

1. cf