R

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LetterR.svg
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[edit]

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Letter[edit]

R (lower case r)

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

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Symbol[edit]

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

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Other representations of R:

  • Letter styles

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

  • Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur

English[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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.
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Number[edit]

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[edit]

Abbreviation[edit]

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.

Afar[edit]

Letter[edit]

  1. The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.

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American Sign Language[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (transliteration needed) (Stokoe R)

  1. The letter R

Azeri[edit]

Letter[edit]

R upper case (lower case r)

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

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (capital, lowercase r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

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  • Previous letter: Q
  • Next letter: S

Esperanto[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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Finnish[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

Related terms[edit]

Ido[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (lower case r)

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

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Italian[edit]

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

R m, f (invariable, lower case r)

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

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Latin[edit]

Abbreviation[edit]

R

  1. Romanus
  2. Rufus

References[edit]

Latvian[edit]

Latvian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

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Letter[edit]

R

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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Malay[edit]

Malay Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ms

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Letter[edit]

R

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

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Portuguese[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (capital, lowercase r)

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

Skolt Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (lower case r)

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

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Slovene[edit]

Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (capital, lowercase r)

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

Somali[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

R upper case (lower case r)

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

Usage notes[edit]

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

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Spanish[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

  1. The 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

Turkish[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Letter[edit]

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.

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Zulu[edit]

Letter[edit]

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

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