Voiceless labiodental fricative

The voiceless labiodental fricative is a type of consonantal sound, used in a number of spoken languages. The symbol in the International Phonetic Alphabet that represents this sound is ⟨f⟩.

Voiceless labiodental fricative
f
IPA Number128
Encoding
Entity (decimal)f
Unicode (hex)U+0066
X-SAMPAf
Braille
Audio sample
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Features

Features of the voiceless labiodental fricative:

  • Its phonation is voiceless, which means it is produced without vibrations of the vocal cords. In some languages the vocal cords are actively separated, so it is always voiceless; in others the cords are lax, so that it may take on the voicing of adjacent sounds.
  • It is an oral consonant, which means air is allowed to escape through the mouth only.
  • Because the sound is not produced with airflow over the tongue, the central–lateral dichotomy does not apply.

Occurrence
LanguageWordIPAMeaningNotes
Abkhazфы[fə]'lightning'See Abkhaz phonology
Adygheтфы[tfə] 'five'Corresponds to [xʷ] in Kabardian and Proto-Circassian
Albanianfaqe[facɛ]'cheek'
ArabicModern Standard[1]ظرف‎[ðˤɑrf]'envelope'See Arabic phonology
ArmenianEastern[2]ֆուտբոլ[fut̪bol] 'football'
Assameseবৰফ[bɔɹɔf]'snow/ice'
Azeritüfəng[t̪y̆fæɲɟ]'ɡun'
Basquefin[fin]'thin'
Bengaliফুল[ful]'flower'Allophone of /pʰ/. See Bengali phonology
Catalan[3]fase[ˈfazə]'phase'See Catalan phonology
Chechenфакс / faks[faks]'fax'
ChineseCantonese飛 / fēi[fei̯˥]'to fly'See Cantonese phonology
Mandarin飛 (traditional) / 飞(simplified) / fēi[feɪ̯˥]See Mandarin phonology
Copticϥⲧⲟⲟⲩ[ftow]'four'
Czechfoukat[ˈfoʊ̯kat]'to blow'See Czech phonology
Dutch[4]fiets[fits]'bike'See Dutch phonology
EnglishAll dialectsfill[fɪɫ]'fill'See English phonology
Cockney[5]think[fɪŋk]'think'Socially marked,[6] with speakers exhibiting some free variation with [θ] (with which it corresponds to in other dialects).[7] See th-fronting.
Many British urban dialects[8]
Some younger New Zealanders[9][10]
Broad South African[11]More common word-finally.
Esperantofajro[ˈfajɾo]'fire'See Esperanto phonology
Ewe[12]eflen[éflé̃]'he spit off'
French[13]fabuleuse[fäbyˈløːz̪]'fabulous'See French phonology
Galicianfaísca[faˈiska]'spark'See Galician phonology
Germanfade[ˈfaːdə]'bland'See Standard German phonology
Goemai[fat]'to blow'
Greekφύση / fysī[ˈfisi]'nature'See Modern Greek phonology
Gujaratiફળ / faļ[fəɭ]'fruit'See Gujarati phonology
Hebrewסופר‎[so̞fe̞ʁ]'writer'See Modern Hebrew phonology
Hindustaniसाफ़ / صاف‎[sɑːf]'clean'See Hindustani phonology
Hungarianfigyel[ˈfiɟɛl]'he/she pays attention'See Hungarian phonology
Indonesianvandalisme[fandalismə]'vandalism'See Indonesian phonology
Italianfantasma[fän̪ˈt̪äzmä]'ghost'See Italian phonology
Kabardianфыз[fəz]'woman'Corresponds to [ʂʷ] in Adyghe and Proto-Circassian
Kabyleafus[afus]'hand'
Macedonianфонетика[fɔnetika]'phonetics'See Macedonian phonology
Malayferi[feri]'ferry'Only occurs in loanwords
Maltesefenek[fenek]'rabbit'
Norwegianfilter[filtɛɾ]'filter'See Norwegian phonology
Persianفکر[fekr]'thought'
Polish[14]futro[ˈfut̪rɔ] 'fur'See Polish phonology
Portuguese[15]fala[ˈfalɐ]'speech'See Portuguese phonology
Punjabiਫ਼ੌਜੀ[fɔːd͡ʒi]'soldier'
Romanian[16]foc[fo̞k]'fire'See Romanian phonology
Russian[17]орфография[ɐrfɐˈɡrafʲɪjə]'orthography'Contrasts with palatalized form. See Russian phonology
Serbo-Croatian[18]фаза / faza[fǎːz̪ä]'phase'See Serbo-Croatian phonology
Slovakfúkať[ˈfu̞ːkäc̟]'to blow'See Slovak phonology
Somalifeex[fɛħ]'wart'See Somali phonology
Spanish[19]fantasma[fã̠n̪ˈt̪a̠zma̠]'ghost'See Spanish phonology
Swahilikufa[kufɑ]'to die'
Swedishfisk[ˈfɪsk]'fish'See Swedish phonology
Thaiฝน[fon˩˩˦]'rain'
Turkishsaf[säf]'pure'See Turkish phonology
Ukrainian[20]Фастів[ˈfɑsʲtʲiw]'Fastiv'See Ukrainian phonology
Vietnamese[21]pháo[faːw˧ˀ˥]'firecracker'See Vietnamese phonology
Welshffon[fɔn]'stick'See Welsh phonology
West Frisianfol[foɫ]'full'See West Frisian phonology
Yiꃚ / fu[fu˧]'roast'
ZapotecTilquiapan[22]cafe[kafɘ]'coffee'Used primarily in loanwords from Spanish

See also
  • List of phonetics topics

Notes
  1. Thelwall (1990:37)
  2. Dum-Tragut (2009:18)
  3. Carbonell & Llisterri (1992:53)
  4. Gussenhoven (1992:45)
  5. Wells (1982), p. 328.
  6. Altendorf (1999), p. 7.
  7. Clark & Trousdale (2010), p. 309.
  8. Britain (2005), p. 1005.
  9. Wood (2003), p. 50.
  10. Gordon & Maclagan (2008), p. 74.
  11. Bowerman (2004), p. 939.
  12. Ladefoged (2005:156)
  13. Fougeron & Smith (1993:73)
  14. Jassem (2003:103)
  15. Cruz-Ferreira (1995:91)
  16. DEX Online :
  17. Padgett (2003:42)
  18. Landau et al. (1999), p. 67.
  19. Martínez-Celdrán, Fernández-Planas & Carrera-Sabaté (2003:255)
  20. Danyenko & Vakulenko (1995), p. 4.
  21. Thompson (1959:458–461)
  22. Merrill (2008:109)

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