• R

    Pronunciation

    • (letter name) non-rhotic IPA: /É‘(ɹ)/, rhotic IPA: /ɑɹ/, Ireland IPA: /ɔɹ/
    • (phoneme) non-rhotic IPA: /ɹ/ or a lengthening of the previous vowel, rhotic IPA: /ɹ/

    Origin 1

    Old English lower case letter r, from 7th century replacement by Latin lower case r of the Anglo-Saxon Futhorc letter áš±.

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    Origin 2

    From are, pronounced like the name of the letter r

    Verb

    1. (abbreviation, slang, text messaging, internet) are in text messaging and internet conversationsHow r u — “How are you?”
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