F

F sixth letter of the alphabet . The Greek letter corresponding to it, digamma, which probably represented a sound like w, disappeared before the classical period. In Western alphabets f has usually represented the voiceless labiodental fricative, as in the English fast. In musical notation F stands for a note in the scale. In chemistry F is the symbol of the element fluorine .

F Sixth letter of the Roman-based w European alphabet, representing a labio-dental fricative consonant. It is derived from the hook-shaped Semitic letter waw. In earlier stages of English, f between vowels sounded as v, and it is pronounced like a v in of. In some English words ending in f (such as hoof) the f changes to a v in the plural (hooves). In Welsh a single f is regularly pronounced as v, while the doubled consonant is pronounced f.

F the sixth letter of the modern English alphabet and of the ancient Roman one, corresponding to Greek digamma (ϝ), Semitic waw.