"R" meaning in French

See R in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Character

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-R.wav Forms: r [lowercase]
  1. The eighteenth letter of the French alphabet, written in the Latin script. Tags: letter, uppercase
    Sense id: en-R-fr-character-trGvnXel Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of French terms with redundant script codes: 95 5

Noun

Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Benoît Prieur-R.wav
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  1. (chess) abbreviation of roi (“king”) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: roi (extra: king)
    Sense id: en-R-fr-noun-s5vJxCRK Categories (other): Chess Topics: board-games, chess, games
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