PR

See also: pr, Pr, .pr, -pr-, P.R., Pr., and pr.

㏚ U+33DA, ㏚ SQUARE PR ← ㏙ [U+33D9] CJK Compatibility ㏛ → [U+33DB]

Translingual

Symbol

PR

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Puerto Rico.

   Synonym: PRI (alpha-3)

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English

Proper noun

PR

1. Initialism of Port Republic, New Jersey.
2. Abbreviation of Paraná. A state of Brazil.
3. Initialism of Puerto Rico. A territory of the United States.

Derived terms

• (Puerto Rico): PRUSVI

Noun

PR (countable and uncountable, plural PRs)

1. Initialism of public relations.
   • 2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46:

     Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.

2. Initialism of proportional representation.
3. Initialism of permanent residence.
4. Initialism of police report.
5. Initialism of personal representative.
6. Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
7. (sports) Initialism of personal record.
8. (computing) Initialism of pull request.
9. (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
10. (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
11. (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
12. (medicine) A PR interval.
13. (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
14. (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.

Derived terms

• (public relations): PR-friendly

See also

• (prothrombin ratio): PT, INR

Adverb

PR (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of per rectal or per rectum.

Descendants

• Georgian: პიარი (ṗiari)

Anagrams

• R/P, RP, Rp

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Finnish

Etymology

< English PR

Noun

PR

1. PR, public relations (communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image)

Synonyms

• suhdetoiminta

Derived terms

• PR-kampanja
• PR-mies
• PR-nainen
• PR-osasto
• PR-toimisto

Anagrams

• r.p., rp.

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɛr/

Noun

PR (first-person possessive PRku, second-person possessive PRmu, third-person possessive PRnya)

1. HW; Abbreviation of pekerjaan rumah (“homework”).

Usage notes

This term is not exclusive to text messaging, unlike English HW.

Further reading

• “PR” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Japanese

Etymology

Borrowed from English PR.

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ピーアール [pìíáꜜàrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
• IPA^(key): [pʲiːa̠ːɾɯ̟]

Noun

1. Synonym of パブリック・リレーションズ (paburikku rirēshonzu, “public relations”); PR
2. promotion

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English PR.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iar
• Syllabification: P‧R

Noun

PR m inan (indeclinable)

1. PR (communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image)

   Synonym: public relations

Derived terms

adjectives

• piarowski
• PR-owski

 

nouns

• piarowiec
• PR-owiec

 

Further reading

• PR in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• PR in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Proper noun

PR m

1. Initialism of Presidente da República.
2. (Brazil) Abbreviation of Paraná. (Brazilian state)