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/

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

Full definition of r

Letter

Number

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?”