R
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Translingual
Letter
R (lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See also
Symbol
R
- (currency symbol) rand, national currency of South Africa.
- (physics) roentgen (unit)
- (physics) resistance (in electricity)
- (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine
- (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine
Gallery
- Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of R, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur
See also
Other representations of R:
English
Etymology 1
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɑː/
Audio (UK) (file) - (General American) enPR: är, IPA(key): /ɑɹ/
Audio (US) (file) - (Ireland) IPA(key): /ɔɹ/
- (AAVE) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹə/
- Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)
- Homophones: or, oar, ore, are, our (in various accents)
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r, plural Rs or R's)
See also
Number
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Etymology 2
Abbreviation
R
- (entomology) radius
- (US, politics) Republican
- (law) the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))
- R v Smith
- (film certification) restricted
- reverse
- right (as opposed to left)
- (handbells) ring
- (chess) rook
- (baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
- Thursday
- 1986, Cornell University Courses of Study, page 250:
- Lecs, T R 9:05; lab, M T W R or F 1:25—4:25, or M or W 7:30—10:30 p.m.
- 2000 August, M.W. Carter, “A Comprehensive Course Timetabling and Student Scheduling System at the University of Waterloo”, in Edmund Burke and Wilhelm Erben (editors), Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III, Springer (2001), →ISBN, page 66:
- 8:30 MWF (3 x 1 hour) […] 8:30-10 TR (2 x 1.5 hours)
- 2007, W. Ted Mahavier, “Syllabus for Analysis” (Lamar University course syllabus), appendix II.A of Charles A. Coppin et al., The Moore Method: A Pathway to Learner-Centered Instruction, Mathematical Association of America (2009), →ISBN, page 201:
- Office Hours: MTWRF: 9:00–11:00, 1:30–3:00 or stop by my office anytime.
- 1986, Cornell University Courses of Study, page 250:
Afar
Letter
R
- The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See Also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y
American Sign Language
Letter
- The letter R
Azerbaijani
Letter
R upper case (lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) hərf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Dutch
Pronunciation
- (letter name): IPA(key): /ɛr/
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Audio (file)
Letter
R (capital, lowercase r)
- The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See also
Esperanto
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z
Finnish
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔɛɐ̯/
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Audio (file)
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.
Related terms
- Zäpfchen-R, Zäpfchen-r
- Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenspitzen-r
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾ/
Letter
R (lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Italian
Pronunciation
- (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈɛrre/
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /r/
Letter
R m, f (invariable, lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) lettera; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
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Latin
Abbreviation
R
References
- R in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɾ]
Letter
R
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
Malay
Pronunciation
Letter
R
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Portuguese
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ã ã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /re/, /er/
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /r/. Preceded by P and followed by S.
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /r/
Letter
R (lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a, Â â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ
Slovene
Letter
R (capital, lowercase r)
- The 18th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by P and followed by S.
Somali
Pronunciation
Letter
R upper case (lower case r)
Usage notes
See also
- (Latin-script letters) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u
Spanish
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet.
Turkish
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
- (Latin-script letters) harf; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ zəː˨˩], [zəː˨˩]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ʐəː˦˩], [ʐəː˦˩]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ɹəː˨˩], [ɹəː˨˩]
- Phonetic: e rờ, rờ
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The twenty-second letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-rờ or rờ and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, Ã ã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ), Â â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)
Zulu
Letter
R (upper case, lower case r)
See also
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