ef (pluralefs)
- The name of theLatin-script letterF/f.
2004, Will Rogers,The Stonking Steps, page170:I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from theef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time.
- (Latin-script letter names)letter;a,bee,cee,dee,e,ef,gee,aitch,i,jay,kay,el,em,en,o,pee,cue,ar,ess,tee,u,vee,double-u,ex,wye,zee /zed
ef
- (nonstandard)Pronunciation spelling ofif, representingdialectal English.
1882, James Jackson,Tom Terror, the Outlaw[1]:Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child,ef Rosebud hadn’t interfered.
ef n (indeclinable)
- The name of theLatin-script letterF/f.
- “ef”, inPříruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech),1935–1957
- “ef”, inSlovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech),1960–1971, 1989
FromOld Norseef, fromProto-Germanic*jabai.
ef
- if
FromDutchef.
èf (pluralef-ef)
- The name of theLatin-script letterF/f.
- (Latin-script letter names)huruf;a,be,ce,de,e,ef,ge,ha,i,je,ka,el,em,en,o,pe,ki,er,es,te,u,ve,we,eks,ye,zet
ef f (indeclinable)
- The name of the letterF.
- Multiple Latin names for the letterF,f have been suggested. The most common isef or asyllabicf, although there is some evidence which also supports, as names for the letter,fē,əf,fə, and even (in the fourth- or fifth-century first Antinoë papyrus, which gives Greek transliterations of the Latin names of the Roman alphabet’s letters)ιφφε(iphphe).
- (Latin-script letter names)littera;ā,bē,cē,dē,ē,ef,gē,hā /*acca,ī,kā,el,em,en,ō,pē,kū,er,es,tē,ū,ix /īx /ex,ȳ /ī graeca /ȳpsīlon,zēta
- Arthur E. Gordon,The Letter Names of the Latin Alphabet (University of California Press, 1973; volume 9 ofUniversity of California Publications: Classical Studies), especially pages 30–31, 42–44, and 63
ef m (invariable)
- The Latvian name of theLatin script letterF/f.
- Latvian letter names:
- a (A),garais ā (Ā),bē (B),cē (C),čē (Č),dē (D),e (E),garais ē (Ē),ef (F),gā (G),ģē (Ģ),hā (H),i (I),garais ī (Ī),jē (J),kā (K),ķē (Ķ),el (L),eļ (Ļ),em (M),en (N),eņ (Ņ),o (O),pē (P),er (R),es (S),eš (Š),tē (T),u (U),garais ū (Ū),vē (V),zē (Z),žē (Ž)
ef m inan
- The name of theLatin-script letterf/F.
- (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
FromEnglishef.
éf (pluralef-ef)
- The name of theLatin-script letterF/f.
- (Latin-script letter names)huruf;e,bi,si,di,i,ef,ji,hec,ai,je,ke,el,em,en,o,pi,kiu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dabel yu,eks,way,zed
Inherited fromLatinapis.
efoblique singular, m orf (oblique plurales,nominative singulares,nominative pluralef)
- bee
- Godefroy, Frédéric,Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes duIXe auXVe siècle (1881) (ef)
FromProto-Germanic*jabai, originally the dative of*jabą(“doubt”), whenceef(“doubt”).
ef
- if
FromProto-Germanic*jabą.
ef
- doubt
mér er tilefs- Idoubt
- (literally, “for me is atdoubt”)
FromProto-West Germanic*jabē,*jabu, fromProto-Germanic*jabai(“when, if”)
ef
- if,when
- 9th c.Heliand, verse 2714
"Ef thū mī hōrien wili,...- "If you want to listen to me,...
Borrowed fromEnglishef, the English name of the letterF/f.
ef (Baybayin spellingᜁᜉ᜔)
- the name of theLatin-script letterF/f, in theFilipino alphabet
- Synonym:(in the Abecedario)efe
- (Latin-script letter names)titik;ey,bi,si,di,i,ef,dyi,eyts,ay,dyey,key,el,em,en,enye,en dyi,o,pi,kyu,ar,es,ti,yu,vi,dobolyu,eks,way,zi
- “ef”, inPambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila,2018
FromProto-Celtic*es or*ēs, fromProto-Indo-European*éy.
ef
- (literary)he;him
