R
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TranslingualEdit
LetterEdit
R (lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter R): Ŕŕ Řř Ṙṙ Ŗŗ Ȑȑ Ȓȓ Ṛṛ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ɍɍ Ɽɽ ᵲ ᶉ ɼ ɾ ᵳ ʀ Ｒｒ
SymbolEdit
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
GalleryEdit
- Letter styles
Capital and lowercase versions of R, in normal and italic type
Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur
See alsoEdit
Other representations of R:
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
PronunciationEdit
- (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)
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r, plural Rs or R's)
- The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (Latin-script letters) letter; 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
NumberEdit
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 2Edit
AbbreviationEdit
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,[1] 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,[1] page 250:
AfarEdit
LetterEdit
R
- The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.
See AlsoEdit
- (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 LanguageEdit
AzerbaijaniEdit
LetterEdit
R upper case (lower case r)
- The twenty-fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (capital, lowercase r)
- The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.
See alsoEdit
EsperantoEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The twenty-first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ro and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
FinnishEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called är or er and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.
Related termsEdit
IdoEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R m, f (invariable, lower case r)
- The sixteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called erre and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
LatinEdit
AbbreviationEdit
R
ReferencesEdit
- R in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
MalayEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ar]
- (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [r]
- (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [(r)]
LetterEdit
R
- The eighteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
PortugueseEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
RomanianEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
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 SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (lower case r)
- The twenty-seventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
SloveneEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R (capital, lowercase r)
- The 18th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by P and followed by S.
SomaliEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
R upper case (lower case r)
- The eighth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ra and written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
- The eighth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by D and followed by S.
See alsoEdit
- (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
SpanishEdit
TurkishEdit
LetterEdit
R (upper case, lower case r)
- The twenty-first letter of the Turkish alphabet, called re and written in the Latin script.
See alsoEdit
- (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
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (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
LetterEdit
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 alsoEdit
- (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)