r.

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Translingual

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Etymology

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Short for Latin recipe (take, imperative).

Verb

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r.

  1. (medicine) Alternative form of (showing an instruction to take certain medicine according to the following instructions).

English

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Etymology 1

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Originally from Latin r., abbreviating Latin rēgnāvit ([he/she/it] ruled), the third-person singular perfect active indicative of rēgnāre (to rule, to reign). Now often parsed as an abbreviation of English ruled or reigned.

Verb

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r.

  1. Ruled, reigned, used to show that provided dates are the period of a ruler's authority rather than their birth and death.
    Byzantine emperor Manuel I Komnenos (r. 1143–1180)

Etymology 2

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Abbreviations.

Adjective

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r.

  1. Abbreviation of rare.
  2. Abbreviation of royal.
  3. Abbreviation of right.
    r. com. car. a.right common carotid artery

Noun

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r. (plural rs.)

  1. (law) Abbreviation of rule.
  2. Abbreviation of ruble.
    • 1868, “Russia: Introduction”, in Handbook for Travellers in Russia, Poland, and Finland, 2nd edition, London: John Murray, page 45:
      The paper-money in circulation is inconvertible, but has a forced currency. The notes represent 100 rubles; 50 rs., 25 rs., 10 rs., 5 rs., 3 rs., and 1 ruble, and are plainly stamped with their value.
  3. Abbreviation of river.
Usage notes
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  • (legal): This is the customary abbreviation of the term rule as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p. 472-73.

German

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Adverb

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r.

  1. Abbreviation of rechts.

Latin

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Alternative forms

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Verb

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r.

  1. Abbreviation of rēgnāvit, he/she/it ruled, designating a date shows a ruler's period in authority rather than their birth and death
  2. Abbreviation of recipe, you must take, showing an instruction to take certain medicine according to the following instructions

Descendants

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  • English: r.

Lithuanian

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Noun

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r.

  1. Abbreviation of rajonas (raion).

Polish

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Pronunciation 1

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔk/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔk
  • Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually]

Noun

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r. m inan

  1. Abbreviation of rok (year): yr
    Traktat w Verdun miał miejsce w 843 r.The Treaty of Verdun took place in 843.
Usage notes
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Required after dates by most official guides.

See also
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Pronunciation 2

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  • IPA(key): /ˈrɔ.d͡zaj/
  • Rhymes: -ɔd͡zaj
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Noun

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r. m inan

  1. Abbreviation of rodzaj (grammatical gender, genus, kind): g.
    Synonym: rodz.
    Polskie słowołąkajest r. żeń. (rodzaju żeńskiego)
    The Polish word “łąka” is of fem. g.

Further reading

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  • r. in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • r. in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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r. (Cyrillic spelling р.)

  1. Abbreviation of razred (class).