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ar en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈäːɹ/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɑɹə/ African-American Vernacular
  • /ˈɑɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaɹ/ (Ireland)

Etymology

From Middle English *ar, arres pl, from earlier *er.

Meanings

  1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.
    • All the ars in the inscription.
    • RV [is spoken] as "ar-vee" instead of "I SPELL Romeo Victor". 2016 CCEB, Communications Instructions Radiotelephone Procedures: ACP125 (G), p. 3-5
    • I have drunk en-ee-cee-tee-ay-ar from the ef-ell-oh-doubleyou-ee-ar-ess in his gee-ay-ar-dee-ee-en many a time. 2004, Will Rogers, The Stonking Steps, page 170:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
ars Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

Jay Ar · ar-dropping · arless

Descendants

ar · ar

Translations (48)

it erre (name of the letter R, r) · fr erre (name of the letter R, r) · tl ere (name of the letter R, r) · ga ruis (name of the letter R, r) · tl ra (Abakada) (name of the letter R, r) · th อาร์ (name of the letter R, r) · vi rờ (name of the letter R, r) · ga ear (name of the letter R, r) · haw(name of the letter R, r) · tr re (name of the letter R, r) · ca erra (name of the letter R, r) · fi ärrä (name of the letter R, r) · fo err (name of the letter R, r) · es erre (name of the letter R, r) · bn আর (name of the letter R, r) · vi e-rờ (name of the letter R, r) · ast erre (name of the letter R, r) · ja アール (name of the letter R, r) · bg ер (name of the letter R, r) · gl erre (name of the letter R, r) · my အာရ် (name of the letter R, r) · io re (name of the letter R, r) · ru ар (name of the letter R, r) · af er (name of the letter R, r) · sh ер (name of the letter R, r) · sh er (name of the letter R, r) · eo ro (name of the letter R, r) · cs er (name of the letter R, r) · ru эр (name of the letter R, r) · ar آر (name of the letter R, r) · es letra canina (name of the letter R, r) · tl ar (name of the letter R, r) · da er (name of the letter R, r) · fa ار (name of the letter R, r) · nl er (name of the letter R, r) · ko(name of the letter R, r) · la er (name of the letter R, r) · fi är (name of the letter R, r) · hi आर (name of the letter R, r) · mr आर (name of the letter R, r) · id er (name of the letter R, r) · ms ar (name of the letter R, r) · oc èrra (name of the letter R, r) · el αρ (name of the letter R, r) · pt erre (name of the letter R, r) · cy er (name of the letter R, r) · ko 아르 (name of the letter R, r) · fa آر (name of the letter R, r)

Source: en.wiktionary, “ar” (noun), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ar en · INTJ · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈäːɹ/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɑɹə/ African-American Vernacular
  • /ˈɑɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaɹ/ (Ireland)

Meanings

  1. (UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of arr.
    alt of arr

Deriveds

oh ar

Source: en.wiktionary, “ar” (intj), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ar en · PART · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈäːɹ/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɑɹə/ African-American Vernacular
  • /ˈɑɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaɹ/ (Ireland)

Meanings

  1. (UK, West-Country, West-Midlands, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of arr.
    alt of arr
Source: en.wiktionary, “ar” (particle), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ar en · VERB · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈäːɹ/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɑɹə/ African-American Vernacular
  • /ˈɑɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaɹ/ (Ireland)

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete spelling of are.
    alt of are
    • But commonlie, the fairest bodies, ar bestowed on the foulest purposes. 1570, Roger Ascham, The Scholemaster:
Source: en.wiktionary, “ar” (verb), dump 20260902, contributors via the page history. Text licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

ar en · PART · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • /ˈɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (US) audio
  • /ˈäːɹ/ (Ireland)
  • /ˈɑɹə/ African-American Vernacular
  • /ˈɑɹ/ (General-American)
  • /ˈaɹ/ (Ireland)

Meanings

  1. (Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of ah (question particle).
    alt of ah