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R

See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"
LetterR.svg
R U+0052, R
LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
← Q
[U+0051] 		Basic Latin S →
[U+0053]
Ｒ U+FF32, Ｒ
FULLWIDTH LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
← Ｑ
[U+FF31] 		Halfwidth and Fullwidth Forms Ｓ →
[U+FF33]

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TranslingualEdit

 R (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

LetterEdit

R (lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the basic modern Latin alphabet.

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SymbolEdit

R

  1. (currency symbol) rand, national currency of South Africa.
  2. (physics) roentgen (unit)
  3. (physics) resistance (in electricity)
  4. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine
  5. (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

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Other representations of R:

EnglishEdit

 R (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology 1Edit

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PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r, plural Rs or R's)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
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NumberEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

Etymology 2Edit

AbbreviationEdit

R

 
"Elizabeth R", hand of Elizabeth II
  1. (entomology) radius
  2. (US, politics) Republican
  3. (law) the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))
    R v Smith
  4. (monarchy) rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name
  5. (film certification) restricted
  6. reverse
  7. right (as opposed to left)
  8. (handbells) ring
  9. (chess) rook
  10. (baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
  11. 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.

AfarEdit

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R

  1. The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign LanguageEdit

LetterEdit

  (transliteration needed) (Stokoe R)

  1. The letter R

AzerbaijaniEdit

LetterEdit

R upper case (lower case r)

  1. The twenty-fourth letter of the Azerbaijani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (capital, lowercase r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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  • Previous letter: Q
  • Next letter: S

EsperantoEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Esperanto alphabet, called ro and written in the Latin script.

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FinnishEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called är or er and written in the Latin script.

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GermanEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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IdoEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ItalianEdit

 
Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

PronunciationEdit

  • (name of letter) IPA(key): /ˈɛrre/
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /r/

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R m, f (invariable, lower case r)

  1. The sixteenth letter of the Italian alphabet, called erre and written in the Latin script.

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LatinEdit

AbbreviationEdit

R

  1. Romanus
  2. Rufus

ReferencesEdit

LatvianEdit

 
Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lv

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

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R

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.

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MalayEdit

 
Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

PronunciationEdit

  • (Name of letter) IPA(key): [ar]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA(key): [r]
  • (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA(key): [(r)]

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R

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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PortugueseEdit

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twentieth letter of the Romanian alphabet representing the phoneme /r/. Preceded by P and followed by S.

Skolt SamiEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (lower case r)

  1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

PronunciationEdit

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R (capital, lowercase r)

  1. The 18th letter of the Slovene alphabet. Preceded by P and followed by S.

SomaliEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R upper case (lower case r)

  1. The eighth letter of the Somali alphabet, called ra and written in the Latin script.

Usage notesEdit

  1. The eighth letter of the Somali alphabet, which follows Arabic abjad order. It is preceded by D and followed by S.

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SpanishEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

TurkishEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Turkish alphabet, called re and written in the Latin script.

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VietnameseEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Vietnamese alphabet, called e-rờ or rờ and written in the Latin script.

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ZuluEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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