long f
Word Rarity
Common
Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.00 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Synonym of f with hook.
Example Sentences
- "The printed text of EWE looks very strange at first, with extra letters added to the typeface: ƒ "a long f", made by blowing between two lips in the position for b."
- "Name Shape Input [...] Long f ƒ, Ƒ +f, +F"
- "The real practicality of the system was questioned by commentators, such as a correspondent from Southern Sudan who pointed that because of the Institute’s use of the ‘long f’ for the voiceless bilabial fricative, no systematic use of italics would be possible."
Inflected Forms
long f's (plural)