"ff." meaning in All languages combined

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Phrase [Danish]

Head templates: {{head|da|phrase}} ff.
  1. ff. (and the following pages)

Phrase [English]

Etymology: Abbreviation of Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|foliō||on the (next) page}} Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), {{m|la|folium||leaf, page}} folium (“leaf, page”) Head templates: {{head|en|phrase}} ff.
  1. and the following (pages, paragraphs etc.) Synonyms: et seq. Related terms: f. Translations (and the following): ff. (Danish), ja seur. (Finnish), et ss. (et suivantes) [plural] (French), s. (english: page x et suivantes) [plural] (French), ff. (German), κ.εξ. (k.ex.) (Greek), el. (eso landa) (Lingala), y sigs. [feminine, plural] (Spanish), ff. (Swedish), vd. [plural] (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-ff.-en-phrase-~OIHnNEb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations

Adjective [German]

Audio: De-ff..ogg
Etymology: Originally the plural of the abbreviation of New Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), ablative of folium (“leaf, page”). Later also explained as an abbreviation of folgende. Etymology templates: {{m+|NL.|foliō||on the (next) page}} New Latin foliō (“on the (next) page”), {{m|la|folium||leaf, page}} folium (“leaf, page”), {{m|de|folgend|folgende}} folgende Head templates: {{de-adj|indecl}} ff. (indeclinable)
  1. (of pages) Abbreviation of folgende(n) pl (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, indeclinable Alternative form of: folgende(n) pl (extra: (“following”, “subsequent”); akin to English ff., et seqq.. (The word fortfolgend has been coined as a folk-etymological explanation of this abbreviation and is not commonly encountered in other use than this fanciful explanation, which is in fact a backronym.))
    Sense id: en-ff.-de-adj-cWbcgPjS Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header

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