f.

adjective

and the following (page, paragraph, etc.)

Similar
et seq.
OriginLatin foliō →
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Meanings

f.1

nounf. (uncountable)
  1. abbreviationuncountablegrammarAbbreviation of feminine.
  2. abbreviationuncountableAbbreviation of figure.
adjectivef. (not comparable)
  1. abbreviationnot comparablegrammarAbbreviation of feminine.
  2. abbreviationnot comparablebiologyAbbreviation of form; used in certain three-part names.
  3. not comparablepostpositionaland the following (page, paragraph, etc.)

    “Alphabet of Rabbi Akiba,” 51. 66. 360 f., 364 f., 367

    1941, Gershom Gerhard Scholem, “Index”, in Major Trends in Jewish Mysticism, reprint of third revised edition, published 1995, →ISBN, page 445

    Synonyms: et seq.

F.2

adjectiveF. (not comparable)
  1. not comparableFahrenheit.
  2. not comparableFrench.
  3. not comparablelawFederal, in some legal citation formats.
proper noun
  1. French.
adverbF. (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAnd the following (page) - used in indexes.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveand the following (page, paragraph, etc.)

Similar
et seq.
Also see
et seq.form

Origin

  1. Latinfoliō“on the (next) page”
  2. Englishf.

The "and the following" sense is derived from an abbreviation of Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”).

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Translations

German f.
  • f.and the following
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