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R
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Appendix:Variations of "r"
R
Translingual
R<dab!>
Alternative forms
mul Ꝛ archaic rare
Etymology
From the mul ett - letter ett 𐌓 er, from the mul grc - letter grc Ρ rho, derived from the mul phn - letter phn 𐤓 reš, from the mul egy - hieroglyph egy 𓁶.
Letter
mul
mul letter 18
See also
Symbol
en ronna-.
mul currency symbol Rand, national currency of South Africa.
mul metrology Roentgen.
mul physics Resistance in electricity.
mul organic chemistry An unspecified radical, usually containing a carbon atom that binds to the structure of interest.
mul Alcohols have the generic formula ROH.
mul genetics IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for any purine.
mul amino acid IUPAC 1-letter abbreviation for arginine.
mul linguistics A wildcard for a rhotic consonant or a resonant (sonorant).
mul S<t:sonorant>
mul linguistics A wildcard for a rhotic archiphoneme, such as the conflation of /r/ and /ɾ/ in certain positions in Spanish.
mul linguistics Rising tone.
mul LH<q:more common> ; LM<q:more specific> MH
1 1 a bond is extremely speculative and possibly in default, with some prospect of debt recovery
The symbol in bases higher than twenty-seven for the number expressed as mul 27 in decimal.
Derived terms
mul organic chemistry R-12 R-22 R-23
Gallery
See also
R Romeo ·–· ⠗
English
R<dab!>
Etymology 1
From the en ett - letter ett 𐌓 er, from the en grc - letter grc Ρ rho, derived from the en phn - letter phn 𐤓 reš, from the en egy - hieroglyph egy 𓁶.
Pronunciation
Name of letter
en /ɑː/ RP
en En-uk-r.ogg UK
är GenAm, en /ɑɹ/
en En-us-r.ogg US
en /ɔːɹ/ /aːɹ/ Ireland
en /ˈɑɹə/ AAVE
en ɑː(ɹ) 1
en ah or oar ore are our hour in various accents
Letter
en
en letter 18 ar
Derived terms
en letter R-coloured vowel vocalic R
en in abbreviations R-bomb R-CPD R number R-rated
See also
Number
en
en ordinal 18 ar
Etymology 2
en 1Abbreviations.
thumb|"Elizabeth R" (en monarch initial), hand of Elizabeth II
Noun
en noun
en Q2203464 Symbol for en reverse Q2203464 gear setting.
en P<id:Q135447198> R<id:Q2203464> N<id:Q135447128> D<id:Q135447265> second gear<alt:2> first gear<alt:1>
en Q173817 en geometry Symbol for en radius Q173817.
en D<id:Q37221><gloss:diameter>
en US politics en Republican especially preceding the constituent location.
en D Democrat
en R-Texas
en monarch initial en monarchy en Rex<t:King>,Regina<t:Queen> the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
en R.
en law The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
en The English case of R v R R v R [1992] AC 599 ruled that rape can be committed by a husband against his wife.
en handbells en ring.
en chess en rook.
en 2023 Laws of Chess https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 2022 23 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. e5 Ne4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. exd6 e.p. Nxd6 7. Bg5 Nc6 8. Qe3+ Be7 9. Nbd2 0-0 10. 0-0-0 Re8 11. Kb1 (=) https://web.archive.org/web/20250316122506/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/20230101Laws-of-Chess.pdf 16 March 2025 12 June 2025
en GM Noël Studer Mastering Chess Puzzles: The Comprehensive Guide to Effective Problem Solving Next Level Chess https://nextlevelchess.com/mastering-chess-puzzles-comprehensive-guide-to-effective-problem-solving/ 2023-08-12 The correct answer is 1.Rxf6 Rxf6 2.Rf1 Raf8 3.Qg5 Kg7 4.Nh5+Other sub-variations work, such as playing 2.Qg5 then 3.Rf1 or playing 4.Bxf6+ first before playing 5.Nh5+. https://web.archive.org/web/20260306072510/https://nextlevelchess.com/mastering-chess-puzzles-comprehensive-guide-to-effective-problem-solving/ 6 March 2026
en baseball cricket en run<alt:run(s)>; the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
en especially in university catalogs en Thursday.
en 1986 Cornell University Courses of Study http://books.google.com/books?id=uRRJAAAAYAAJ 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.
en 2000 August M.W. Carter A Comprehensive Course Timetabling and Student Scheduling System at the University of Waterloo Edmund Burke; Wilhelm Erben Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling III Springer 2001 978-3-540-42421-5 http://books.google.com/books?id=CNbs80FsQx4C&pg=PA66&dq=tr 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), 978-0-88385-185-2, page 201:
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en Philippines en region in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
en rhythmic gymnastics en rotation.
Derived terms
en monarch initial CIIIR//CRIII CR EIIR//ER EVIIR GVR//GVIR VIR//VR//VRI
Adjective
en adjective
en film _ certification en restricted.
en reverse.
en right as opposed to left.
Proper noun
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en religion en redactor Redactor(s) _in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah.
en Shadow on the steps David Ringo Miano w:UC San Diego dissertation 2006 https://escholarship.org/uc/item/8q86391z https://web.archive.org/web/20230120185059id_/https://escholarship.org/content/qt8q86391z/qt8q86391z.pdf#page=16 5 One needs to be careful, however, to distinguish between original P and the work of the later priestly Redactor (R), who edited P and other documents in the postexilic period.
en programming language A programming language for statistics and data visualization.
Etymology 3
See en I.
Pronoun
en pronouns
en non-standard informal England en I.
Afar
Letter
aa
aa letter 12
See also
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
letter name af /ɛr/
Letter
af
af letter 18
See also
Noun
R'e R'etjie
R
Azerbaijani
Pronunciation
phoneme az [ɾ] [ɾ̞]
letter name az [eɾ̞] [ɾ̞eː] [ɾ̞ɯː]
Letter
az
az letter 24
See also
Basque
Pronunciation
raw:/r/<q:phoneme>,raw:/ɾ/
Letter
eu
eu letter 19 erre
See also
Further reading
Catalan
Pronunciation
érra érre,érr
Letter
ca
ca letter 18 erra erre er
See also
Central Franconian
Etymology
/ʀ/ is from West Germanic gmw-pro *r. In most dialects it is vowelised in two cases: (1.) between a short vowel and an alveolar, (2.) after a long vowel. Especially in the former case it may also be lost entirely.
Pronunciation
gmw-cfr /ʀ/ /ə̯/
Letter
gmw-cfr
gmw-cfr letter German-based
gmw-cfr letter Dutch-based
Usage notes
2 Doubling of R
In the German-based spelling, r is doubled after short vowels except in certain function words and when the letter is followed by another consonant within the word stem.
In the Dutch-based spelling, r is doubled after short vowels if the syllable were otherwise open.
Central Mazahua
Pronunciation
maz /r/
Letter
maz
maz letter
See also
Chinese
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
ngaau1,aau1 v
Verb
zh verb
zh Cantonese zh 𢯎
Etymology 2
Pronunciation 1
àr,à'er aa1 lou4,aau1,aau1 lou4,aa1 aa1 - Used by non-rhotic proficient speakers of English, mostly in Hong Kong xm:a a5 sh:1a letters
Letter
zh
zh letter 18 the Latin alphabet as used in Chinese
Pronunciation 2
rī,ār,1nb=common,2nb=official letters
Letter
zh
zh letter 18 Pinyin
Usage notes
Etymology 3
Proper noun
zh proper noun
zh internet slang Renminbi
Dutch
Pronunciation
letter name nl /ɛr/
nl Nl-R.ogg
Letter
nl
nl letter 18 Q S
Esperanto
Pronunciation
See eo r.
Letter
eo
eo letter 21 ro
See also
Further reading
r
ro
Estonian
et:
Letter
et
et letter 18 err
See also
Finnish
Etymology
Letter
fi
fi letter 18 är er
See also
French
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-R.wav <<France>> (<<Saint-Maurice-de-Beynost>>)
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-R.wav <<France>> (<<Vosges>>)
Letter
fr
fr letter 18
Noun
fr noun
fr chess fr roi king
fr Les règles du jeu d’échecs 2023 https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reglesdujeu2023.pdf 2023-04 17 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6e.p. Cxd6 7. Fg5 Cc6 8.De3+ Fe7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1 (=) https://web.archive.org/web/20240426083906/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Reglesdujeu2023.pdf 26 April 2024 14 June 2025
See also
German
Pronunciation
letter name de /ɛr/ [ʔɛʁ] [ʔɛɐ̯]
phoneme de /r/ [ʁ] [ɾ] [ɐ̯] [ː]
de De-R.OGG
de De-R2.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de De-R744.ogg Germany
Letter
de
de letter 18
Usage notes
The letter R has a variety of possible realisations in contemporary German. Three positions must be distinguished:
Before vowels, the variation is mostly between a uvular consonant (fricative, approximant, or rarely trill) and an alveolar consonant (trill, flap, or rarely approximant). In northern, central, and south-western Germany, the alveolar pronunciation is now rare and chiefly restricted to the elderly generation of some areas. In south-eastern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and South Tyrol, it remains more common; but even in these regions the uvular R is gaining ground and is already strongly predominant in some parts (e.g. Vienna).
Word-finally and before consonants, most accents may vowelise R to [ɐ̯]~[ə̯], but in different ways. Vowelisation is commonest after long vowels and /ə/, where it is also prescribed in the broadcasting standard. A majority of speakers, however, vowelise R after short vowels, too. The resulting diphthongs may be contracted and length distinctions before vowelised R may be lost. The degree to which this happens differs regionally and idiolectally.
Before the syllable de -en /ən/, many speakers also vowelise R, though this is commonest in fast or casual speech, and consonantal realisations may be retained depending on the rhythm of the phrase as well as the formality of the context.
Related terms
de Zäpfchen-R, de Zäpfchen-r
de Zungenspitzen-R, de Zungenspitzen-r
See also
Noun
n,-,-:s
en R
Declension
n,-,-:s
Further reading
Hungarian
Pronunciation
phoneme
letter name err
Letter
hu
hu letter 29 err
Declension
R-e e rR- j jei
See also
Icelandic
Pronunciation
err<qq:letter name>
Letter
is
is letter 21
See also
Ido
Pronunciation
io /ɾ/
Letter
io
io letter 18
See also
Irish
Letter
ga
ga letter 15
See also
Italian
it:
Pronunciation
èrre<pre:letter name> r<pre:phonemic realization>
Letter
it
it letter 16 erre
Noun
it noun
it chess it re king
See also
Italian alphabet
References
FIDE Laws of Chess 2023 - German translation
Japanese
thumb|right|ja R1年〜R2年
Etymology
From the romanization, which begins with ja R.
Pronunciation
れいわ
Proper noun
proper noun れいわ
ja 令和 Reiwa
ja terms written in foreign scripts
Kankanaey
Etymology
kne tl R. Letter pronunciation is influenced by kne en R.
Pronunciation
ar<a:letter name> r<a:phoneme>
Letter
letter
kne letter 20 ar
See also
References
10-11
Kashubian
Etymology
Letter
csb
csb letter 25
See also
Latin
Alternative forms
la R.
Proper noun
la proper noun
la especially _ coins la Roma, Rome.
la Romanus, Roman.
la Rufus
Noun
la noun
la Catholicism la responsorium, responsory, breviary.
la Judaism la rabbī
1655, Edward Pococke, ar באב מוסי: Porta Moſis, ſive, diſſertationes aliqvot à R. Moſe Maimonide, main title
Adjective
la adjective (plural la RR)
la reverendus, holy, reverend.
la reverendissimus, most holy, most reverend.
Derived terms
la RR, la RP
References
Latvian
lv:
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
ɾ
lv
Letter
class=skin-invert-image|thumb|200px|R
lv
lv letter 25 er
See also
Luxembourgish
Letter
lb
lb letter 18
See also
Noun
m R-en R
the letter en R
Further reading
Malay
ms:
Pronunciation
ms [ar] Name of letter
ms [r] Phoneme, Syllable initial
ms [(r)] Phoneme, Syllable final
Letter
ms
ms letter 18
See also
Maltese
Letter
mt
mt letter 22
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Letter
nb
nb letter 18
See also
Noun
R-
the letter en R
References
“R – bokstav” in no Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Letter
nn
nn letter 18
See also
Noun
R-
the letter en R
References
Nupe
Pronunciation
phoneme nup /ɾ/
Letter
nup
nup letter 20
See also
Oromo
Pronunciation
ra
ra
om Om-r.ogg
Letter
om
om letter 18
Polish
Etymology
pl letter
Pronunciation
er - -
Letter
pl
pl letter 23 er
See also
Portuguese
Letter
pt
pt letter 18
See also
Romani
Pronunciation
rom /r/
Letter
rom
rom International Standard rom letter 22
rom Pan-Vlax rom letter 23
See also
References
ja Yūsuke Sumi ニューエクスプレスプラス ロマ(ジプシー)語 New Express Plus Romani (Gypsy) R, r Tokyo Hakusuisha 2018 2021 14 978-4-560-08916-3 1267332830
Romanian
Pronunciation
ro /r/
Letter
ro
ro letter 21 er re rî
See also
Scottish Gaelic
Letter
gd
gd letter 15 P S ; traditionally named gd ruis elder
See also
Silesian
Etymology
Letter
szl
szl letter 25
See also
Skolt Sami
Pronunciation
phoneme sms /r/
Letter
sms
sms letter 27
See also
Slovene
sl:
Letter
sl
sl letter 18
sl letter 25 Resian
sl letter 19 Natisone Valley dialect
Somali
Pronunciation
phoneme so /r/
letter name so /ræ/
Letter
so
so letter 8 ra D S
Usage notes
The Somali alphabet follows the Arabic abjad order.
See also
Spanish
Letter
es
es letter 19
Noun
es noun
es chess es rey king
es Leyes Del Ajedrez 2023 https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traduccion-Leyes-Version-Final.pdf 2023-04 27 w:FIDE 1.e4 e5 2.Cf3 Cf6 3.d4 exd4 4.e5 Ce4 5.Dxd4 d5 6.exd6 a.p. Cxd6; 7.Ag5 Cc68.De3+ Ae7 9.Cbd2 0-0 10.0-0-0 Te8 11.Rb1(=). https://web.archive.org/web/20240526120310/https://rcc.fide.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Traduccion-Leyes-Version-Final.pdf 26 May 2024 14 June 2025
Swedish
Letter
sv
sv letter 18
See also
Tagalog
Etymology
tl es R. Each pronunciation has a different source:
Filipino alphabet pronunciation is influenced by tl en R.
Abakada alphabet pronunciation is influenced by Baybayin character tl ra da/ra.
Abecedario pronunciation is from tl es R.
Pronunciation
ár<qq:letter name, Filipino alphabet> rá<qq:letter name, Abakada alphabet> ere<qq:letter name, Abecedario> +<qq:phoneme>
Letter
tl
20 ar fil
15 ra abak
tl historical 21 ere abec
See also
Further reading
Turkish
Letter
tr
tr letter 21 re
See also
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
e-rờ rờ
Letter
vi
vi letter 22 e-rờ rờ
See also
Welsh
Pronunciation
cy /ɛr/ standard
cy /r/ informal
Letter
cy
cy letter 22 er It is preceded by cy Ph and followed by cy Rh.
See also
Mutation
R cannot be mutated in Welsh.
Further reading
Yoruba
Pronunciation
phoneme yo /ɾ/
letter name yo /ɾí/
Letter
yo
yo letter 19 rí
See also
Zulu
Letter
zu
zu letter 18
See also