R

R (lower case r)

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

• (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

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

• Letter styles
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  Capital and lowercase versions of R, in normal and italic type
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  Uppercase and lowercase R in Fraktur

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

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

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

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.

• (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

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.

R

"Elizabeth R", hand of Elizabeth II

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. (monarchy) rex (“king”) or regina (“queen”); the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name
5. (film certification) restricted
6. reverse
7. right (as opposed to left)
8. (handbells) ring
9. (chess) rook
10. (baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player
11. Thursday
    • 1986, Cornell University Courses of Study, 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, 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, page 201:

      Office Hours: MTWRF: 9:00–11:00, 1:30–3:00 or stop by my office anytime.

R

1. The twelfth letter in the Afar alphabet.

• (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

(transliteration needed) (Stokoe R)

1. The letter R

R upper case (lower case r)

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

• (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

• (letter name): IPA^(key): /ɛr/

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R (capital, lowercase r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the Dutch alphabet.

• Previous letter: Q
• Next letter: S

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (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

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /ʔɛɐ̯/

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R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The eighteenth letter of the German alphabet.

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

• IPA^(key): /ɾ/

R (lower case r)

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

• (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

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

R m or f (invariable, lower case r)

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

• (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

R

1. Romanus
2. Rufus

• R in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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.

• IPA^(key): [ɾ]

R

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• 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

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

R

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

• (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

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (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

• IPA^(key): /re/, /er/

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (phoneme) IPA^(key): /r/

R (lower case r)

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

• (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

R (capital, lowercase r)

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

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

R upper case (lower case r)

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

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

• (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

R (upper case, lower case r)

1. The 19th letter of the Spanish alphabet.

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (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

• (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

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.

• (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)

R (upper case, lower case r)

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

• (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