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F

F *éff

fábulous *fábyələss

façàde *fəsàd

fâcelift one word

facêtious *fəsêeshəss

fácîle

fáction *fácshən, cf. fáshion

Fãroe Islands = Phãroah Egypt

Faroêse

Fáhrenheît

fãir justice, pretty, fun- = fãre

fãiry cf. férry

fait accomplì *fétəcom-plì

fåll-òut noun

Fålstaff

fålcon

Fålklands

fámily *fámly

fámíne, cf. ravìne, sâlîne

fàraway adjective before noun, one word, cf. ít’s toô fàr awây

fàrcical

fãre travel, food = fãir

farewéll

Fãroe Islands = phãroah Egypt

Faroêse

fàr-rêaching

Fàrquhar *Fàrker

fàrther further BrE = fàther dad

fâscia *fâyshə

fáscinate fáss-

fáscist *fáshist, cf. râcist

fáshion *fáshən, *fátion, cf. fáction

fāst

fāsten *fāssən

Fátah Palestine = BrE fátter fat

fâtal

fatálity

fáthéad as if two words

fátwà

fåucet tap = Fåwcett person

fåulty fault = Fåwlty Towers

fåun goat-god = fåwn

fåuna

faux *fô

faux-pas *fô-pà

fåwn grovel, colour, deer = fåun

fâvourite -vr-; AmE fâvorite

fáx machine = fácts truths

Fây = Fâye persons = fèy whimsy

fâze confuse = phâse period

fêat achievement = fêet foot

Fébruary AmE *Fébyuãry, BrE *Fébyury, some pronounce first r

fêed verb cf. féd past, foôd noun

fèign pretend = fâin willing

fèint sham, write = fâint unconscious

feîsty

Fêlix

fêmur

fermént chemical, excite cf. fomént water, disorder

férry cf. fãiry *féəry

fète garden, celebrate fête = fâte destiny

fétid cf. fèted = fâted

feûd argument cf. leŵd, foôd

fèy whimsy = Fây = Fâye persons

feŵ many = pheŵ relief

Ffestíniog (two fs for f sound, as single Welsh f is pronounced v)

fianchétto *fyankétto

fìat decree = Fìat ® car

fìêrce

fîery cf. fîre, wîry, feîsty

fífth *fíth

fíg-lêaf

fígurehead *fíggerhéd, one word

fîle nail, paper = phîal liquid

fílet or fíllet - BrE t sounded, AmE *filây

fíll up = Phíl Philip

fíllip boost = Phílip person

fín fish = Fínn Finland

fînal

finàlê

fîne all meanings

fínger *fíng-gər

fínish stop = Fínnish Finland

fïr tree = für animal

fîreworks noun one word

físcal finance -ss-, cf. phýsícal body, -zí-

físsure break = físher fish, Físher person

fjŏrd *fyŏrd

fláccid *fláxid

flagellâtion

flãir ability = flãre fire

flák fire, abuse = Fláck person, cf. bláck, etc., usual ending

flãre fire = flãir ability

flåutist

flåw error = BrE flŏor ground

flêa insect = flêe escape

Fléming

flíck-knife

flîer or flŷer

flípside one word

flôe ice = flôw water

flòod

flòur bake = flòwer plant

floúrish

flŏra

flôw water = flôe ice, cf. flåw error

flòwer plant = flòur bake

flû influenza = flûe chimney

flûgelhorn

flúmmoxed *flúməxt

fôcus: fôcused and fôcusing are arguably preferable to fôcussed and fôcussing as they do not distract one by invoking cússed and cússing

foêtus AmE fêtus

fôlìage has three syllables, cf. cárriage, márriage, each two

fomént water, disorder cf. fermént chemical, excite

foòt

foôd eat cf. feûd quarrel fyoô-

foôl

foôlscap

foòtnôte one word

fŏr preposition usually schwa; stressed = fŏur 4, fŏre front

fóray AmE = Fåurè (with French accent: Fauré)

forbád or forbâde

forbíd

fŏre front (to the fŏre) = fŏur number

fŏrecast

fŏrecastle -səl: sailors traditionally say *fôksəl

fŏrehéad traditionally *fórrid, cf. hórrid, but now normally has the spelling pronunciation

fóreign *fórrən

fórest -íst = Fórrest person = Fórest Nottingham, person

fŏrewörd book cf. fŏrward back

fŏrmally formal BrE = fŏrmerly before

fŏrmer cf. fàrmer

fŏrmidable or formídable

fŏrtè

fŏrth forward = fŏurth four

forthcòming one word

fŏrtnight *fŏrtnîte

fŏrty cf. fŏur, fŏurteen

fŏrward forwards cf. rewård prize, fŏrewörd introduction

fòul bad = fòwl birds

fòund find, establish

fŏur number = fŏre front = fŏr preposition

fŏyèr *fŏyây

frácàs *frácà

frâmework one word

fránc currency = fránk honest = Fránk person

Frānces usually female

Frāncís usually male

fråught

frêak

frêe - as a suffix meaning ‘without’ it must be hyphenated: débt-frêe *dét-frêe

frêer *frêeər

frêest *frêeíst

frêeze cold = frìêze wall = frêes free

Frêmantle

frêquent adjective

frequént verb

fréshwåter adjective cf. thére ís nô frésh wåter

frîed

friénd

frìêze wall, cloth = frêeze cold = frêes free

frígate -ət

frîght *frîte

frîghtened *frîtənd

frólic

Frome *Frûme

frònt

fròwzy

frûit *frûte

frŷ

FTSE *foòtsìê

fûchsia *fyoôsha

fùll

fundaméntalist

für animal = fïr tree

fürlôugh *fürlôw

fürnace -níss

fürnish

furŏrê or as AmE fûrŏr

fürther

fürze shrub = fürs = fïrs

fûselàge -àzh