r or R(ɑː
)
Definitions
noun
Word forms: plural, r's, R's, Rs
- the 18th letter and 14th consonant of the modern English alphabet
- a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually an alveolar semivowel, as in a speech sound represented by this letter, in English usually an alveolar semivowel, as in red
- See three Rs
R
Definitions
symbol for
- chemistry radical
- currency
- rand
- rupee
- Réaumur temperature (scale)
- physics electronics resistance
- roentgen roentgen or röntgen
- chess rook
- Royal
- chemistry gas constant
- (in the US and Australia)
- restricted exhibition (used to describe a category of film certified as unsuitable for viewing by anyone under the age of 18)
- ((as modifier) ⇒
an R film
R.
Definitions
abbreviation for
- rabbi
- rector
- Regina
- Republican
- response (in Christian liturgy)
- Rex
- River
- Royal
Word Origin
(sense 3) Latin: QueenWord Origin
(sense 6) Latin: KingUsage examples
r ; it was thinning, a few years ago he would have needed to do battle armed with a brush.
, The Touch of Innocents (1994)Character is about staying stone-faced when Allan Donald calls you" f... r " in front of a television-watching world.
India Today (1997)One of the aims of Char Conservation Group is to change the international spelling of charr to the Irish spelling with one " r ".
Irish Times (2002)McGowne said: "Next year is massive for this present crop and they have to keepth r feet on the ground.
Sun, News of the World (2002)I'm punishing you ~, r dealing drugs, ~, r cheating on your wife, for abusing those children!
, Diamonds in the Dust (1993)