R
The Latin alphabet | |||||
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Aa | Bb | Cc | Dd | ||
Ee | Ff | Gg | Hh | Ii | Jj |
Kk | Ll | Mm | Nn | Oo | Pp |
Rr | Ss | Tt | Uu | Vv | |
Ww | Xx | Yy | Zz |
R is the eighteenth (number 18) letter in the English alphabet.
Meanings for R
- On calendars, R is sometimes used as an short letter for Thursday instead of T, to avoid mistakes with Tuesday.
- In chess, R is a notation symbol for the rook piece.
- In geometry, R is most times a variable for the radius of a circle
- In navigation, R means the direction "right."
- In movies, R means "restricted."
- In Wheel of Fortune, R is one of the six letters given to any contestant participating in the "Bonus Round."
R Media
The word prognatus as written on the Sarcophagus of Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus (280 BC) reveals the full development of the Latin ⟨R⟩ by that time; the letter ⟨P⟩ at the same time still retains its archaic shape distinguishing it from Greek or Old Italic rho.
- Alveolartrill
An alveolar approximant: [ɹa aɹa].
- Alveolartap
Pronunciation of a voiced retroflex fricative, [ʐ] between two [a]s; [ʐa aʐa] by 44-year-old cis male speaker raised in Stockholm and Moscow.
Pronunciation of a retroflex approximant, [ɻ]: [ɻa aɻa].
- Retroflexflap
- Uvulartrill
- Voiceduvularfricative
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