R

Unicode name	LATIN CAPITAL LETTER R
Codepoint	U+0052
Q ← Basic Latin → S

See also Appendix:Variations of "r"

Translingual

Wikipedia

Letter

R upper case (lower case r)

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

See also

• (Latin script):  Aa  Bb  Cc  Dd  Ee  Ff  Gg  Hh  Ii  Jj  Kk  Ll  Mm  Nn  Oo  Pp  Qq  Rr  Ss  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

Symbol

R

1. (physics) roentgen (unit)
2. (physics) resistance (in electricity)
3. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine
4. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine

See also

Other representations of R:

• Letter styles
• 

  Capital and lowercase versions of R, in normal and italic type

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  Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur

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English

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɑː/, SAMPA: /A:/

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• (US) enPR: är, IPA: /ɑr/, SAMPA: /Ar/

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Letter

R uppercase (lowercase r)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) letter; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, Ww, Xx, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

Number

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 2

Abbreviation

R

1. (US politics) Republican
2. (film certification) restricted
3. reverse
4. right (as opposed to left)
5. (handbells) ring
6. (chess) rook
7. (baseball, cricket) The statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
8. 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 978-3-540-42421-5, 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 978-0-88385-185-2, page 201:

     Office Hours: MTWRF: 9:00–11:00, 1:30–3:00 or stop by my office anytime.

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American Sign Language

Letter

(Stokoe R)

1. The letter R

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Azeri

Letter

R upper case (lower case r)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) hərf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Əə, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Xx, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Qq, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛr/

Letter

R (capital, lowercase r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

See also

• Previous letter: Q
• Next letter: S

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Esperanto

Letter

R upper case (lower case r)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) litero; Aa, Bb, Cc, Ĉĉ, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ĝĝ, Hh, Ĥĥ, Ii, Jj, Ĵĵ, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Ŝŝ, Tt, Uu, Ŭŭ, Vv, Zz ^[edit]

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʔɛɐ̯/

• Audio

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Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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Italian

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Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA: /ˈɛrre/, SAMPA: /"Erre/
• (phoneme) IPA: /r/

Letter

R m. and f. inv. (lower case r)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) lettera; Aa, Bb, Cc, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Hh, Ii, (Jj), (Kk), Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Pp, Qq, Rr, Ss, Tt, Uu, Vv, (Ww), (Xx), (Yy), Zz ^[edit]
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Italian alphabet

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Latin

Abbreviation

R

1. Romanus
2. Rufus

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /re/, /er/

Letter

R (capital, lowercase r)

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

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Slovene

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Letter

R (capital, lowercase r)

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

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Somali

Pronunciation

• (phoneme): IPA: /r/
• (letter name): IPA: /ræ/

Letter

R upper case (lower case r)

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) '', Bb, Tt, Jj, Xx, KHkh, Dd, Rr, Ss, SHsh, DHdh, Cc, Gg, Ff, Qq, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Ww, Hh, Yy, Aa, Ee, Ii, Oo, Uu ^[edit]

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Spanish

Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

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Turkish

Letter

R upper case (lower case r)

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

See also

• (Latin script letters) harf; Aa, Bb, Cc, Çç, Dd, Ee, Ff, Gg, Ğğ, Hh, Iı, İi, Jj, Kk, Ll, Mm, Nn, Oo, Öö, Pp, Rr, Ss, Şş, Tt, Uu, Üü, Vv, Yy, Zz ^[edit]