English Explanatory Dictionary

r

English dictionary entry

Meanings

character
  1. The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
verb
  1. Abbreviation of are.
det
  1. Abbreviation of our.
character
  1. The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
num
  1. The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
noun
  1. Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
  2. Symbol for radius.
  3. Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
  4. Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
  5. The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
  6. Abbreviation of ring.
  7. Abbreviation of rook.
  8. Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
  9. Abbreviation of Thursday.
  10. Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
adj
  1. Abbreviation of restricted.
  2. Abbreviation of reverse.
  3. Abbreviation of right (as opposed to left).
name
  1. Abbreviation of Redactor(s) in the context of the documentary hypothesis, referring to a compiler and editor of the Torah.
pron
  1. Eye dialect spelling of I.

Pronunciation

/ɑː(ɹ)/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-are.wav /ɑɹ/ en-us-are.ogg /ɔːɹ/ /ˈɑɹə/ /ɹ/ /ɑː/ En-uk-r.ogg är En-us-r.ogg /aːɹ/

Word forms

r rs r's

Etymology

Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.

Related words

R.

Derived words

bossy r hard r intrusive r linking r r-dropping r-less r rotunda small r republican small-r republican straight r r-process r-selection r-slur r-slurred r-tard r-value r-word r-worded R Us R-coloured vowel vocalic R R-bomb R-CPD R number R-rated CIIIR CRIII CR EIIR ER EVIIR GVR GVIR VIR VR VRI
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