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/^[1]
Audio (US): (file)
IPA^(key): /siːˈɛf/^[2]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

cf. (imperative verb)

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

Related terms

Translations

compare

Bulgarian: сравни (bg) (sravni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 參見 / 参见 (zh) (cānjiàn)
Czech: srov. (cs)
Danish: jf. (da)
Dutch: cf. (nl) 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） (sanshō(seyo)), 比較（せよ） (hikaku(seyo))
Latvian: sal.
Lithuanian: plg.
Norwegian: jf. (no)
Pannonian Rusyn: оп. (op.)
Polish: por. (pl)
Portuguese: cf. (pt)
Romanian: cf.
Russian: ср. (ru) (sr.)
Spanish: cf., cfr.
Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)
Welsh: cf.

References

Anagrams

F.C., FC, Fc

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

cf.

abbreviation of confer (“compare”)

Portuguese

Verb

cf.

cf

Welsh

Verb

cf.

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