See ef in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"note": "with reference to Welsh",
"sense": "name of the letter F, f",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "èf"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"lang_code": "cy",
"note": "with reference to other languages",
"sense": "name of the letter F, f",
"word": "èff"
}
],
"word": "ef"
}
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"form": "eff",
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}
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"2": "conjunction"
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"pos": "conj",
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{
"word": "if"
},
{
"word": "representing dialectal English"
}
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"English nonstandard terms",
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63
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],
"ref": "1882, James Jackson, Tom Terror, the Outlaw:",
"text": "Captain Tom would have hired him to hunt down his own child, ef Rosebud hadn’t interfered.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"(nonstandard) Pronunciation spelling of if, representing dialectal English."
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"ipa": "/ˈɛf/"
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{
"rhymes": "-ɛf"
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}
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