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”).

Verb

cf.

1. compare, compare to, compare with
2. (nonstandard) see also

Usage notes

Pronounced as "compare with".

Related terms

• collate
• confer

Translations

compare

• Bulgarian: сравни (bg) (sravni)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 參見 (zh), 参见 (zh) (cānjiàn)

• Czech: viz (cs)
• Danish: jf. (da)
• Dutch: cf. 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 (sanshōseyo), 比較せよ (hikakuseyo)
• Latvian: sal.
• Lithuanian: plg.
• Norwegian: jf. (no)
• Polish: por. (pl)
• Portuguese: cf. (pt)
• Romanian: cf.
• Russian: ср. (ru) (sr.)
• Spanish: cf., cfr.
• Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)

Anagrams

• F.C., FC

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Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

cf.

1. Abbreviation of confer (“compare”).

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Portuguese

Verb

cf.

1. cf