character, num, noun — 15 senses
UK /ɑː(ɹ)/ · US /ɑɹ/
Etymology Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.
Letter, Lowercase The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Etymology Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter ᚱ.
Lowercase, Number The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Etymology Abbreviations.
Symbol Symbol for reverse (“gear setting”).
Geometry, Mathematics, Sciences Symbol Symbol for radius.
Government, Politics US, Abbreviation Abbreviation of Republican, especially preceding the constituent location.
Government, Monarchy, Politics Abbreviation Abbreviation of Rex (“King”) or Regina (“Queen”), the initial by which a British monarch signs documents after his or her name.
Government, Law, Monarchy, Politics The Crown, the government of a monarchy.
Entertainment, Handbells, Lifestyle, Music Abbreviation Abbreviation of ring.
Board games, Chess, Games Abbreviation Abbreviation of rook.
Ball games, Baseball, Cricket, Games, Hobbies, Lifestyle, Sports Abbreviation Abbreviation of run(s); the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player.
Abbreviation, Especially, In university catalogs Abbreviation of Thursday.
Philippines, Abbreviation Abbreviation of region, in the sense of the regions of the Philippines.
Abbreviation Abbreviation of rotation.
Rhythmic gymnastics
UK /ɑː/ · IE /aːɹ/
Etymology From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.
Etymology From the Etruscan letter 𐌓 (r, “er”), from the Ancient Greek letter Ρ (R, “rho”), derived from the Phoenician letter 𐤓 (r, “reš”), from the Egyptian hieroglyph 𓁶.
Uppercase, Number The eighteenth numeral symbol of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
Entry derived from the Wiktionary, under licence CC BY-SA 4.0 — authors: page histories for r and R.