Capital and lowercase versions of F , in normal and italic type

From the Etruscan letter 𐌅 (v, “ve”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ϝ (W, “digamma”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤅 ‎ (w, “waw”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓏲 .

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already boasts an impressive roster of Nintendo characters (sans Waluigi, press F to pay respects ).

Super Smash Bros. Ultimate already boasts an impressive roster of Nintendo characters (sans Waluigi, press F to pay respects ).

From a funeral scene in Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare (2014) where the player must press the F key ("Press F to pay respects") to proceed. Players originally ridiculed this forced interaction; however, as the term spread, netizens began using this term as a genuine way to pay tribute. Urban Dictionary view statistics suggests that genuine use became widespread around late 2017/early 2018.

followed by a number when used on or referencing a function key of a computer keyboard

followed by a number when used in a rating on the Fujita scale and indicating the intensity of a tornado

The ordinal number, derived from this letter of the English alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

The sixth letter of the English alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

The eighth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet , written in the Latin script

The sixth letter of the Basque alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

The seventh letter of the Esperanto alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

The sixth letter of the Estonian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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The sixth letter of the Finnish alphabet , calledorand written in the Latin script

The eleventh letter of the Hungarian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

The sixth letter of the Ido alphabet , written in the Latin script

The sixth letter of the Italian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

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Etymology Edit

Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.

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Letter Edit

F (upper case, lower case f)

ef and written in the The ninth letter of the Latvian alphabet , calledand written in the Latin script

Usage notes Edit

The letter F/f (like H/h, and O/o representing [o], [oː] instead of [uə̯]) is found only in words of foreign origin (borrowings).

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