Difficulty Level
intermediate
Translations
🇩🇪 der Buchstabe F
, 🇪🇸 la letra F
, 🇮🇹 la lettera F
, 🇵🇹 a letra F
, 🇨🇳 字母F
, 🇯🇵 文字F
, 🇰🇷 문자F
, 🇸🇦 حرف F
, 🇮🇳 स्तरक F
Usage Examples
- Je l'ai écrit en majuscule, la lettre F.
- Le professeur a noté un "F" sur mon examen.
- Dans l'alphabet français, le "F" vient après le "E".
Etymology
The French noun **eff** (the letter F) comes directly from the Latin name of the letter *f*. That Latin name, in turn, originates from the Greek letter **φ** (phi), whose name was adopted by the Romans and later borrowed into Old French as *eff*, a phonetic rendering of the letter’s spoken form. The word has remained unchanged in spelling and meaning since its introduction into Middle French.
