Translingual

Abbreviation

F.

1. French.
2. Fahrenheit.
3. (law) Federal, in some legal citation formats.
4. And the following (page) - used in indexes.

Derived terms

• (Federal:): F. Supp., C.F.R.

English

Adjective

f. ‎(not comparable)

1. (grammar) Abbreviation of feminine.
2. (biology) Abbreviation of form. Used in certain three-part names
3. and the following (page, paragraph, etc.)

Usage notes

• (and the following): When used, f. has no space between it and the preceding number and is followed by a period. If more than one following section is meant, ff. is used.

For example, “Hornblower 258f.” would refer to pages 258–259 while “Hornblower 258ff.” would refer to an undetermined number of pages following page 258; more casually “258–” (no end specified).

Synonyms

• et seq.

Related terms

• ff.

Faroese

Etymology

Abbreviation of føddur m, fødd f

Adjective

f.

1. born

   Jóannes Patursson, f. 6. mai 1866 í Kirkjubø, d. 2. august 1946 (read: føddur)

   Jóannes Patursson, born 6th of May 1866 in Kirkjubø, died 2nd of August 1946

   Marita Petersen, f. 21. oktober 1940 í Vági, d. 26. august 2001 (read: fødd)

   Marita Petersen, born 21st of October 1940 in Vági, died 26th of August 2001

Antonyms

• d. (deyður, deyð = dead)

German

Adjective

f. ‎(not comparable)

1. (grammar, chiefly following a headword) Abbreviation of feminin.
2. (of a page) Abbreviation of folgende (singular) (“following”, “subsequent”; akin to the English f., et seq.). Compare ff.
   • 1926–8, Leumann–Hofmann–Szantyr, Lateinische Grammatik I: Lateinische Laut- und Formenlehre (2nd ed., 1977), Formenlehre Nomen II.B, § 273:1.d, page 290:

     Lit. zu den Gentilicia (aus Patronymika): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (bei etrusk. Namenstämmen älter noch -aeus), 457 f. -eius und -uleius; dazu 284 lēguleius sterteius. – Unhaltbar ist die morphologische Analyse bei Schulze 435 f.: idg. Suffix -ios bei e/o-Nomina sowohl mit als ohne Stammauslaut, daher einerseits -e-ijos gr. -ειος lat. -eius, andrerseits gr. -ιος lat. -ius. Das Hauptzeugnis für gr. -ειος, der aeol. Gebrauch von patronym. -ειος bei o-Stämmen, ist eine Neuerung; dieses -ειος ist als Universalsuffix auch bei Kons.-Stämmen verwendet; und es stammt als -ios-Ableitung von den Namen auf -ης, so -ειος neben -ης in Thessalien, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης als -εις geschrieben) l. 80 f. Ἱπποϰράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; auf Lesbos patronym. 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, weibl. 621, 11 als Name Ἑλλανοϰράτεια; das Muster für mask. -γένειος usw. war vermutlich nicht-patronym. fem. -εια (hom. ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύϰλεια oder -ϰλέεια). – Unhaltbar über lat. -eius gleich griech. aeol. -ειος Solta 8⁷.

     Literature pertaining to nomina gentilicia (from patronyms): Schulze, EN 385 f. -eius, 432 ff. -eius (older still in Etruscan name stems -aeus), 457 f. -eius and -uleius; as in 284 lēguleius sterteius. – The morphological analysis in Schulze 435 f. is indefensible: Indo-Germanic suffix -ios with e/o-nouns both with and without stem-final vowels, hence on the one hand -e-ijos Greek -ειος Latin -eius, on the other hand Greek -ιος Latin -ius. The main evidence for Greek -ειος, the Aeolic use of patronymic -ειος with o-stems, is an innovation; this -ειος is used as a universal suffix with consonant stems; and it derives from nouns in -ης as a -ios-derivation, thus -ειος [is] near -ης in Thessaly, Schwyzer, Del. 567 (-ης written as -εις) vid. 80 f. Ἱπποϰράτειος, 99 f. Ἀντιφάνειος, 112 Ἀντιγένειος; patronymic on Lesbos 623, 56 Ἱερογένειος, 640 Σωγένειος, fem. 621, 11 as the name Ἑλλανοϰράτεια; the example for the masculine -γένειος etc. was presumably the non-patronymic fem. -εια (Homeric ἠριγένεια, Ἰφιγένεια, Εὐρύϰλεια or -ϰλέεια). – Indefensible in Latin -eius like Aeolic Greek -ειος Solta 8⁷.

Synonyms

• (feminin) w.

Preposition

f. ‎(+ accusative)

1. Abbreviation of für.

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfojoː]

Adjective

f. (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of folyó ‎(“current”).

Swedish

Abbreviation

f.

1. (lexicography) born; Abbreviation of född.
2. for, of; Abbreviation of för.

   Inst. f. datalogi

   Dept. of computer science

3. former; Abbreviation of förre.

See also

• f.d.
• f.Kr.