ef

Alternative forms

• eff

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Noun

ef (plural efs)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.
   • 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 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.

Conjunction

ef

1. (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.

Anagrams

• F&E, FE, Fe, f.e.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛf]

Noun

ef n (indeclinable)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Further reading

• “ef”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “ef”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Etymology

From Old Norse ef, from Proto-Germanic *jabai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛːv/
• Rhymes: -ɛːv

Conjunction

ef

1. if

Etymology

From Dutch ef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛf/, [ɛf]

Noun

èf (plural ef-ef)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Further reading

• “ef” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ef/, [ɛf]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ef/, [ɛf]

Noun

ef f (indeclinable)

1. The name of the letter F.

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɛf]

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Noun

ef m (invariable)

1. The Latvian name of the Latin script letter F/f.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛf/

Noun

ef m inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter f/F.

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, bej, cej, čet, ćej, dej, ej, ět, ef, gej, ha, cha, i, jot, ka, eł, el, em, en, ejn, o, pej, er, ejŕ, es, eš, śej, tej, u, wej, y, zet, žet, źej

Etymology

From English ef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈef/ [ˈef]

Noun

éf (plural ef-ef)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter F/f.

Alternative forms

• e, ep

Etymology

Inherited from Latin apis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːf/

Noun

ef oblique singular, m or f (oblique plural es, nominative singular es, nominative plural ef)

1. bee

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ef)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *jabai, originally the dative of *jabą (“doubt”), whence ef (“doubt”).

Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *jabą.

Conjunction

ef

1. if, when

Etymology

Borrowed from English ef, the English name of the letter F/f.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔef/ [ʔɛf]
  • IPA^(key): (more native-sounding) /ʔep/ [ʔɛp̚]
• Rhymes: -ef, (more native-sounding) -ep
• Syllabification: ef

Noun

ef (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜉ᜔)

1. the name of the Latin-script letter F/f, in the Filipino alphabet

   Synonym: (in the Abecedario) efe

Further reading

• “ef”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *es or *ēs, from Proto-Indo-European *éy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eːv/
• Rhymes: -eːv

Pronoun

ef

1. (literary) he; him