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Contents 1 Translingual 1.1 Etymology 1 1.1.1 Letter 1.1.1.1 Usage notes 1.1.1.2 See also 1.2 Etymology 2 1.2.1 Symbol 2 English 2.1 Etymology 1 2.1.1 Pronunciation 2.1.2 Letter 2.1.3 See also 2.2 Etymology 2 2.2.1 Verb 2.2.1.1 Translations 3 Dutch 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Letter 3.3 See also 4 Egyptian 4.1 Alternative spellings 4.2 Pronunciation 5 Italian 5.1 Noun 6 Romanian 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Letter

[edit] Translingual

[edit] Etymology 1

Modification of capital letter R by not closing the bottom of the loop but continuing into the leg to save a pen stroke, later shortening the right leg into a simple arc.

[edit] Letter

r (lower case, upper case R)

1. Lower case form of R. A lower case letter of the classical Latin alphabet and most variations thereof, including the English alphabet.

[edit] Usage notes

The letter r is used in the International Phonetic Alphabet and in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent an alveolar trill (IPA: [r]) or various other rhotic sounds (IPA: /r/).

[edit] See also

• (select forms with diacritics) ř ŕ ɽ ɾ r̃ ȑ ȓ ɼ ṙ ṛ ṝ ṟ
• (select symbols) ® ℝ ɻ
• (other scripts) Cyrillic р (r) я (ja), Greek ρ (r), “‘rho’”), Hebrew ר (r), “‘resh’”), Hangeul ㄹ (r), “‘rieul’”)
• For more variations, see Appendix:Variations of "r".
• See Appendix:Roman script
• dog's letter

[edit] Etymology 2

From radius

[edit] Symbol

r

1. (engineering, geometry) radius

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology 1

Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): (non-rhotic) IPA: /ɑ(ɹ)/, (rhotic) IPA: /ɑɹ/
• (phoneme): (non-rhotic) IPA: /ɹ/ or a lengthening of the previous vowel, (rhotic) IPA: /ɹ/

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[edit] Letter

r (lower case, upper case R)

1. The letter ar, the eighteenth letter of the English alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: q
• Next letter: s

[edit] Etymology 2

From are, pronounced like the name of the letter r

[edit] Verb

r

1. (text messaging, slang) are.

   How r u — “How are you?”

[edit] Translations

• Italian: 6 (the translation when you are can be translated as (tu) sei)

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA: /ɛr/

[edit] Letter

r (lower case, upper case R)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

[edit] See also

• Previous letter: q
• Next letter: s

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[edit] Egyptian

[edit] Alternative spellings

Hieroglyphic Signage

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[edit] Pronunciation

Manuel de Codage

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

r m. and f. inv.

1. See under R

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[edit] Romanian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /re/, /er/

[edit] Letter

r (lowercase, capital R)

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