cf.

See also: cf, Cf, CF, cF, c.f., and .cf

English

Alternative forms

• cf

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin cōnfer (“compare”), imperative of cōnferō (“I compare”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/

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• IPA^(key): /siːˈɛf/
• Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

cf. (imperative verb)

1. Compare, compare to, compare with.
2. (nonstandard, proscribed) See, see also.

Related terms

• collate
• confer

Translations

compare

• Bulgarian: сравни (bg) (sravni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參見／参见 (zh) (cānjiàn)

• Czech: srov. (cs)
• Danish: jf. (da)
• Dutch: cf. or vgl. (nl) or verg.
• Esperanto: kp.
• Faroese: sbr., smbr.
• Finnish: vrt. (fi)
• French: cf. (fr)
• German: vgl. (de), cf. (de), vergl. (de)
• Greek: πβ. (el) (pv.), πρβ. (el) (prv.)
• Hebrew: השו׳
• Hungarian: vö. (hu)
• Icelandic: sbr. (is)
• Ido: kp.
• Italian: cfr. (it)
• Japanese: 参照せよ (sanshōseyo), 比較せよ (hikakuseyo)
• Latvian: sal.
• Lithuanian: plg.
• Norwegian: jf. (no)
• Polish: por. (pl)
• Portuguese: cf. (pt)
• Romanian: cf.
• Russian: ср. (ru) (sr.)
• Spanish: cf., cfr.
• Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)
• Welsh: cf.

Anagrams

• F.C., FC, Fc

Latin

Etymology

Abbreviation of cōnfer, imperative of cōnferō, from con- (“together”) and ferō (“(I) bring”).

Verb

cf.

1. Abbreviation of confer (“compare”).

Portuguese

Verb

cf.

1. cf

Welsh

Verb

cf.

1. cf.; abbreviation of cymharer (“impersonal imperative of cymharu (“to compare”)”).