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F
F *éff
fábulous *fábyələss
façàde *fəsàd
facêtious *fəsêeshəss
fáction *fácshən, cf. fáshion
Fáhrenheît
fãir justice, pretty, fun- = fãre
fãiry cf. férry
fait accomplì *fét-əcomplì
fåll-òut noun
Fålstaff
fålcon
Fålklands
fámily *fámly
fámíne
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
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
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
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 cf. bláck
flãre fire = flãir ability
flåutist
flák abuse = Fláck person
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 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
Frêmantle
frêquent adjective
frequént verb
fréshwåter adjective cf. thére ís nô frésh wåter
frîed
friénd
frìêze wall, cloth = frêeze
frîght *frîte
frîghtened *frîtənd
frólic
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