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F
6th letter of the Latin alphabet / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the letter of the alphabet. For other uses, see F (disambiguation). Not to be confused with the long s, ſ.
For technical reasons, terms beginning with "F#" redirect here. For other uses, see F-sharp, F*@bois, and Fu@K I Love U.
F, or f, is the sixth letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is ef[note 1] (pronounced /ˈɛf/), and the plural is efs.[1]
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Writing system | Latin script |
Type | Alphabetic |
Language of origin | Latin language |
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Unicode codepoint | U+0046 U+0066 |
Alphabetical position | 6 Numerical value: 6, 15 |
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Time period | ~-700 to present |
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Other letters commonly used with | f(x) |
Associated numbers | 6, 15 |
Writing direction | Left-to-Right |
This article contains phonetic transcriptions in the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA). For an introductory guide on IPA symbols, see Help:IPA. For the distinction between [ ], / / and ⟨ ⟩, see IPA § Brackets and transcription delimiters. |
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