HR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hr"

Translingual

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Hrvatska.

Symbol

HR

2. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Croatia since 1992.

   Synonym: HRV (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /heɪtʃ ɔɹ/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/

Noun

HR (countable and uncountable, plural HRs)

2. Initialism of human resources.
   2. The human capital of an organization.

      Synonyms: personnel, staff

      Hypernyms: persons, people

   4. The management and administration thereof; a department or function that performs those.

      Synonym: personnel

      • 2021 December 28, Kathryn Vasel, “HR executives share some of the biggest challenges of 2021”, in CNN Business‎^[1]:

        Here are some of the biggest challenges HR executives said they faced this year: […]

4. (baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
6. (genetics) Initialism of homologous recombination.

   Hypernym: recombination

8. (philately) Initialism of hinge remnant.

   Hypernym: remnant

10. (law, politics) Initialism of house resolution.

    Hypernym: resolution

    2. Initialism of [U.S.] House Resolution.

       Alternative forms: H.Res., H. Res.

       Hypernyms: SR < resolution

       Coordinate terms: SB, HB, AR, AB

12. (occupational health) Initialism of hazard ratio.

    Hypernym: ratio

14. Initialism of heart rate.

    Hypernym: rate

    Near-synonym: pulse

Proper noun

HR

2. Abbreviation of Haryana: a state of India.

   Alternative form: IN-HR (ISO symbol)

4. (various countries) House of Representatives.

Anagrams

• R/H, RH, Rh

Japanese

Etymology

English homeroom

Noun

HR(ホームルーム) • (hōmurūmu) 

1. abbreviation of ホームルーム (hōmurūmu)

Romanian

Proper noun

HR

1. abbreviation of Harghita: a county of Romania

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hr

Etymology

Borrowed from English HR.

Noun

HR

1. human resources, HR

References

• “HR”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)