r

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Letter

Abbreviation of ronto-.
radius
(a) an alveolar trill.
- (b) Used in broad transcription for any rhotic consonant, e.g. in English, French or Japanese where the ⟨r⟩ is not a trill [r].
- (c) an [r]-trill release (of a plosive); a weak, fleeting or epenthetic [r].
- (d) a non-trilled rhotic coloration or offglide of a vowel; a rhotic vowel, now formed with ⟨◌˞⟩ or a more-precise transcription such as ⟨ʴ⟩ – see ⟨ʳ⟩.
used in several romanization systems of non-Latin scripts to represent various rhotic sounds: Romanization of the Hebrew ר (“reish”, “resh”, “rēš”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes Romanization of the Hebrew רּ (“reish”, “resh”, “rēš ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme
Romanization of the Hebrew ר (“reish”, “resh”, “rēš”) in the Common Israeli, Hebrew Academy (1953 and 2006), and ISO 259 transliteration schemes
Romanization of the Hebrew רּ (“reish”, “resh”, “rēš ḥāzāq”) in the Common Israeli transliteration scheme
of a tactic diad, having structural units in opposition.
relative. E.g. vr or vr for relative velocity.

The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.

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