R

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]

See also: Appendix:Variations of "r"

Translingual

Letter

R (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  Sſs  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. (currency symbol) rand, national currency of South Africa.
2. (physics) roentgen (unit)
3. (physics) resistance (in electricity)
4. (genetics) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine
5. (biochemistry) IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine

Gallery

• Letter styles
• 

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

• 

  Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur

See also

Other representations of R:

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English

Etymology 1

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɑː/

  Audio (UK)

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• (General American) enPR: är, IPA^(key): /ɑɹ/

  Audio (US)

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• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /ɔɹ/
• (AAVE) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹə/
• Homophones: or, oar, ore, are, our (in various accents)

Letter

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.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letter; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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. (entomology) radius
2. (US, politics) Republican
3. (law) the Crown, the government of a monarchy (abbreviating rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”))

   R v Smith

4. (film certification) restricted
5. reverse
6. right (as opposed to left)
7. (handbells) ring
8. (chess) rook
9. (baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
10. 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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Afar

Letter

R

1. The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.

See Also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, T t, S s, E e, C c, K k, X x, I i, D d, Q q, R r, F f, G g, O o, L l, M m, N n, U u, W w, H h, Y y

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American Sign Language

Letter

(transliteration needed) (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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, Ə ə, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, X x, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, Q q, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛr/

• Audio

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ĉ ĉ, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ĝ ĝ, H h, Ĥ ĥ, I i, J j, Ĵ ĵ, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Ŝ ŝ, T t, U u, Ŭ ŭ, V v, Z z

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Finnish

Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Finnish alphabet, called är or er and written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) kirjain; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, Ö ö

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛɐ̯/

• Audio

  (file)

Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Related terms

• Zäpfchen-R, Zäpfchen-r
• Zungenspitzen-R, Zungenspitzen-r

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Ido

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/

Letter

R (lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Ido alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) litero; A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Italian

Pronunciation

• (name of letter) IPA^(key): /ˈɛrre/
• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

R m, f (invariable, 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; A a (À à), B b, C c, D d, E e (É é, È è), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Πî, J j, K k), L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù), V v (W w, X x, Y y), Z z
• Italian alphabet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Latin

Abbreviation

R

1. Romanus
2. Rufus

References

• R in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “R” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)

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Latvian

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɾ]

Letter

R

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The twenty-fifth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called er and written in the Latin script.

See also

• Letters of the Latvian alphabet:

  burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž

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Malay

Pronunciation

• (Name of letter) IPA^(key): [ar]
• (Phoneme, Syllable initial) IPA^(key): [r]
• (Phoneme, Syllable final) IPA^(key): [(r)]

Letter

R

1. The eighteenth letter of the Malay alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Portuguese

Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Portuguese alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) letra; A a (Á á, À à,  â, àã), B b, C c (Ç ç), D d, E e (É é, Ê ê), F f, G g, H h, I i (Í í), J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ô ô, Õ õ), P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u (Ú ú), V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /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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Skolt Sami

Pronunciation

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

Letter

R (lower case r)

1. The twenty-seventh letter of the Skolt Sami alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) bukva; A a,  â, B b, C c, Č č, Ʒ ʒ, Ǯ ǯ, D d, Đ đ, E e, F f, G g, Ǧ ǧ, Ǥ ǥ, H h, I i, J j, K k, Ǩ ǩ, L l, M m, N n, Ŋ ŋ, O o, Õ õ, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, V v, Z z, Ž ž, Å å, Ä ä, ʹ

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Slovene

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^(key): /r/
• (letter name): IPA^(key): /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) ', B b, T t, J j, X x, Kh kh, D d, R r, S s, Sh sh, Dh dh, C c, G g, F f, Q q, K k, L l, M m, N n, W w, H h, Y y, A a, E e, I i, O o, U u

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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; A a, B b, C c, Ç ç, D d, E e, F f, G g, Ğ ğ, H h, I ı, İ i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ö ö, P p, R r, S s, Ş ş, T t, U u, Ü ü, V v, Y y, Z z

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ zəː˨˩], [zəː˨˩]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˧ ʐəː˧˧], [ʐəː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɛ˧˥ ɹəː˨˩], [ɹəː˨˩]
• Phonetic: e rờ, rờ

Letter

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.

See also

• (Quốc ngữ letters) chữ; A a (À à, Ả ả, àã, Á á, Ạ ạ), Ă ă (Ằ ằ, Ẳ ẳ, Ẵ ẵ, Ắ ắ, Ặ ặ),  â (Ầ ầ, Ẩ ẩ, Ẫ ẫ, Ấ ấ, Ậ ậ), B b, C c (Ch ch), D d, Đ đ, E e (È è, Ẻ ẻ, Ẽ ẽ, É é, Ẹ ẹ), Ê ê (Ề ề, Ể ể, Ễ ễ, Ế ế, Ệ ệ), G g (Gh gh, Gi gi), H h, I i (Ì ì, Ỉ ỉ, Ĩ ĩ, Í í, Ị ị), K k (Kh kh), L l, M m, N n (Ng ng, Ngh ngh, Nh nh), O o (Ò ò, Ỏ ỏ, Õ õ, Ó ó, Ọ ọ), Ô ô (Ồ ồ, Ổ ổ, Ỗ ỗ, Ố ố, Ộ ộ), Ơ ơ (Ờ ờ, Ở ở, Ỡ ỡ, Ớ ớ, Ợ ợ), P p (Ph ph), Q q (Qu qu), R r, S s, T t (Th th, Tr tr), U u (Ù ù, Ủ ủ, Ũ ũ, Ú ú, Ụ ụ), Ư ư (Ừ ừ, Ử ử, Ữ ữ, Ứ ứ, Ự ự), V v, X x, Y y (Ỳ ỳ, Ỷ ỷ, Ỹ ỹ, Ý ý, Ỵ ỵ)

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Zulu

Letter

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Zulu alphabet, written in the Latin script.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, B b, C c, D d, E e, F f, G g, H h, I i, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, Q q, R r, S s, T t, U u, V v, W w, X x, Y y, Z z