F

·vt The name of the fourth tone of the model scale, or scale of C. F sharp (F /) is a tone intermediate between F and G.

II. F ·- F is the sixth letter of the English alphabet, and a nonvocal consonant. Its form and sound are from the Latin. The Latin borrowed the form from the Greek digamma /, which probably had the value of English w consonant. The form and value of Greek letter came from the Phoenician, the ultimate source being probably Egyptian. Etymologically f is most closely related to p, k, v, and b; as in ·Eng. five, ·Gr. pe``nte; ·Eng. wolf, ·Lat. lupus, ·Gr. ly``kos; ·Eng. fox, vixen ; fragile, break; fruit, brook, ·vt; ·Eng. bear, ·Lat. ferre. ·see Guide to Pronunciation, // 178, 179, 188, 198, 230.