'r

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English

Conjunction

'r

  1. (informal) Alternative form of or, representing an unstressed pronunciation.
    • 1967-1969, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure
      One big tuffie stood there actin like Joe Coolie ’r sumthin.

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ər/
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Pronoun

'r

  1. Contraction of haar.

Declension

Italian

Article

'r m sg

  1. (Rome, after vowels) Alternative form of er. Equivalent to dialectal form of 'l, whence modern il

North Frisian

Pronoun

'r (Föhr-Amrum, Mooring, Sylt)

  1. Reduced form of hi (he)

See also

Welsh

Pronunciation

Article

’r

  1. Contraction of yr (used after vowels)