Wiktionary

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]

TranslingualEdit

 R (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

  • Ꝛ (archaic, rare)

EtymologyEdit

From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓‎ (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.

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. (metrology) roentgen
  3. (physics) resistance (in electricity)
  4. (organic chemistry) An unspecified radical.
    Alcohols have the generic formula ROH.
  5. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine.
  6. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine.
  7. (linguistics) A wildcard for a rhotic consonant or a resonant (sonorant)
    synonyms: S for a sonorant
  8. (linguistics) rising tone
    synonyms: more commonly LH, or more specifically LM or MH

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

Abbreviations

 
"Elizabeth R", hand of Elizabeth II

NounEdit

R

  1. (entomology) radius
  2. (US, politics) Republican
  3. (monarchy) rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name
  4. (handbells) ring
  5. (chess) rook
  6. (baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
  7. (law) the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))
    R v Smith
  8. (especially in university catalogs) 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.

AdjectiveEdit

R

  1. (film certification) restricted
  2. reverse
  3. right (as opposed to left)

AfarEdit

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R

  1. The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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AzerbaijaniEdit

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R upper case (lower case r)

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

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BasqueEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Basque alphabet, called erre and written in the Latin script.

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ChineseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Note: The zero initial /∅-/ is commonly pronounced with a ng-initial /ŋ-/ in some varieties of Cantonese, including Hong Kong Cantonese.

VerbEdit

R

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese slang) scratch

SynonymsEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

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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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EstonianEdit

 
Estonian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia et

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Estonian alphabet, called err 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

  • (letter name) IPA(key): /ɛr/, [ʔɛʁ], [ʔɛɐ̯]
  • (phoneme) IPA(key): /r/, [ʁ], [ɾ], [ɐ̯], [ː]
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LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Usage notesEdit

  • The letter R has a variety of possible realisations in contemporary German. Three positions must be distinguished:
    • Before vowels, the variation is mostly between a uvular consonant (fricative, approximant, or rarely trill) and an alveolar consonant (trill, flap, or rarely approximant). In northern, central, and south-western Germany, the alveolar pronunciation is now rare and chiefly restricted to the elderly generation of some areas. In south-eastern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol, it remains more common; but even in these regions the uvular R is gaining ground and is already strongly predominant in some parts (e.g. Vienna).
    • Word-finally and before consonants, most accents may vowelise R to [ɐ̯]~[ə̯], but in different ways. Vowelisation is commonest after long vowels and /ə/, where it is also prescribed in the broadcasting standard. A majority of speakers, however, vowelise R after short vowels, too. The resulting diphthongs may be contracted and length distinctions before vowelised R may be lost. The degree to which this happens differs regionally and idiolectally.
    • Before the syllable -en /ən/, many speakers also vowelise R, though this is commonest in fast or casual speech, and consonantal realisations may be retained depending on the rhythm of the phrase as well as the formality of the context.

Related termsEdit

HungarianEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • (phoneme): IPA(key): [ˈr]
  • (letter name): IPA(key): [ˈɛrː]

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-ninth letter of the Hungarian alphabet, called err and written in the Latin script.

DeclensionEdit

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)
singular plural
nominative R R-ek
accusative R-et R-eket
dative R-nek R-eknek
instrumental R-rel R-ekkel
causal-final R-ért R-ekért
translative R-ré R-ekké
terminative R-ig R-ekig
essive-formal R-ként R-ekként
essive-modal — —
inessive R-ben R-ekben
superessive R-en R-eken
adessive R-nél R-eknél
illative R-be R-ekbe
sublative R-re R-ekre
allative R-hez R-ekhez
elative R-ből R-ekből
delative R-ről R-ekről
ablative R-től R-ektől
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		R-é R-eké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		R-éi R-ekéi
Possessive forms of R
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. R-em R-jeim
2nd person sing. R-ed R-jeid
3rd person sing. R-je R-jei
1st person plural R-ünk R-jeink
2nd person plural R-etek R-jeitek
3rd person plural R-jük R-jeik

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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:
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PronunciationEdit

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R f or m (invariable, upper case, lower case r)

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

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JapaneseEdit

 
R1年〜R2年

EtymologyEdit

From the romanization, which begins with R.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

R(れいわ) • (Reiwa) 

  1. Abbreviation of 令和 (Reiwa).

LatinEdit

Proper nounEdit

R

  1. Abbreviation of Romanus.
  2. Abbreviation of Rufus.

ReferencesEdit

  • R in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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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PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-third letter of the Polish alphabet, called er and 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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RomaniEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. (International Standard) The twenty-second letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.
  2. (Pan-Vlax) The twenty-third letter of the Romani alphabet, written in the Latin script.

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ReferencesEdit

  • Yūsuke Sumi (2018), “R, r”, in ニューエクスプレスプラス　ロマ（ジプシー）語 [New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, published 2021, →ISBN, OCLC 1267332830, page 14

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-first letter of the Romanian alphabet, called er, re, or rî and written in the Latin script.

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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:
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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

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. the 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet

TurkishEdit

LetterEdit

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

LetterEdit

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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WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

LetterEdit

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The twenty-second letter of the Welsh alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script. It is preceded by Ph and followed by Rh.

MutationEdit

  • R cannot be mutated in Welsh.

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Further readingEdit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “R”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

YorubaEdit

PronunciationEdit

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R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The nineteenth letter of the Yoruba alphabet, called rí 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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