cf.

See also: cf, Cf, CF, cF, c.f., and .cf

English

Alternative forms

cf

Etymology

Abbreviation of Latin cōnfer (“compare”), imperative of cōnferō (“to compare”).

Pronunciation

(US) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɛɚ ˌwɪθ/^[1]
Audio (US): (file)
IPA^(key): /siːˈɛf/^[2]
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛf

Verb

cf. (imperative verb)

Compare; compare to; compare with.
(nonstandard) See; see also.

Related terms

Translations

compare — see also cfr.

Bulgarian: сравни (bg) (sravni)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 參見 / 参见 (zh) (cānjiàn)
Czech: srov. (cs)
Danish: jf. (da)
Dutch: cf. (nl) 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） (sanshō(seyo)), 比較（せよ） (hikaku(seyo))
Latvian: sal.
Lithuanian: plg.
Norwegian: jf. (no)
Pannonian Rusyn: оп. (op.)
Polish: por. (pl)
Portuguese: cf. (pt)
Romanian: cf.
Russian: ср. (ru) (sr.)
Spanish: cf.
Swedish: jmf., jfr (sv), jfr. (sv)
Welsh: cf.

References

Anagrams

F.C., FC, Fc

Latin

Etymology

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

Verb

cf.

abbreviation of confer (“compare”)

Portuguese

Verb

cf.

cf

Further reading

“cf.”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Phrase

cf.

abbreviation of cónfer

Verb

cf.

abbreviation of confróntese

Further reading

“confer”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025
cónfer | Diccionario de la lengua española (2001) | RAE - ASALE
«ib.»/«ibid.», «cf.»/«cfr.» | FundéuRAEFundéuRAE

Welsh

Verb

cf.

cf.; abbreviation of cymharer, impersonal imperative of cymharu (“to compare”)