"r" meaning in English

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Character

IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑɹ/ [General-American], /ɔːɹ/ [Ireland], /ˈɑɹə/ [African-American-Vernacular-English], /ɹ/ [phoneme], /ɹ/ [phoneme] Audio: En-uk-r.ogg [UK], En-us-r.ogg [US] Forms: R [uppercase], rs [plural], r's [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ. Head templates: {{head|en|letter|lower case||upper case|R|plural|rs|or|r's}} r (lower case, upper case R, plural rs or r's), {{en-letter}} r (lower case, upper case R, plural rs or r's)
  1. The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, lowercase Categories (topical): English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-r-en-character-UDfYbdIy Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of English determiners: 53 1 46 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 3 46 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 4 45 4 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 2 45 2 Related terms: letter [Latin, letter], A [Latin, letter], a [Latin, letter], B [Latin, letter], b [Latin, letter], C [Latin, letter], c [Latin, letter], D [Latin, letter], d [Latin, letter], E [Latin, letter], e [Latin, letter], F [Latin, letter], f [Latin, letter], G [Latin, letter], g [Latin, letter], H [Latin, letter], h [Latin, letter], I [Latin, letter], i [Latin, letter], J [Latin, letter], j [Latin, letter], K [Latin, letter], k [Latin, letter], L [Latin, letter], l [Latin, letter], M [Latin, letter], m [Latin, letter], N [Latin, letter], n [Latin, letter], O [Latin, letter], o [Latin, letter], P [Latin, letter], p [Latin, letter], Q [Latin, letter], q [Latin, letter], R [Latin, letter], r [Latin, letter], S [Latin, letter], s [Latin, letter], T [Latin, letter], t [Latin, letter], U [Latin, letter], u [Latin, letter], V [Latin, letter], v [Latin, letter], W [Latin, letter], w [Latin, letter], X [Latin, letter], x [Latin, letter], Y [Latin, letter], y [Latin, letter], Z [Latin, letter], z [Latin, letter]
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Determiner

Etymology: From are and our, pronounced like the name of the letter r. Head templates: {{head|en|determiner}} r
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of our. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: our
    Sense id: en-r-en-det-zcgJwwzS
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Numeral

IPA: /ɑː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɑɹ/ [General-American], /ɔːɹ/ [Ireland], /ˈɑɹə/ [African-American-Vernacular-English], /ɹ/ [phoneme], /ɹ/ [phoneme] Audio: En-uk-r.ogg [UK], En-us-r.ogg [US] Forms: R [uppercase]
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ) Etymology: Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ. Head templates: {{head|en|numeral symbol|lower case||upper case|R||r|||sc=}} r (lower case, upper case R), {{en-number|lower=r|upper=R}} r (lower case, upper case R)
  1. The ordinal number eighteenth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script. Tags: alt-of, lowercase, ordinal Alternative form of: eighteenth (extra: derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script) Categories (topical): English ordinal numbers, English numeral symbols
    Sense id: en-r-en-num-vWOWa7Tx Disambiguation of English numeral symbols: 49 51 Categories (other): English determiners, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of English determiners: 53 1 46 1 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 3 46 3 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 48 4 45 4 Disambiguation of English terms with redundant sortkeys: 50 2 45 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Etymology: From are and our, pronounced like the name of the letter r. Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} r
  1. (Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of are. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: are Translations (text messaging: are): 6 (Italian)
    Sense id: en-r-en-verb-LOA3YEgr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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