r rotunda
English
Etymology
Representing the Latin r rotunda (“round ‘r’”). The adjective, rotunda, is the feminine form of rotundus, thus inflected to agree with littera (“letter”), elliptically omitted (compare e caudata). The phrase is not attested in Latin; it might have been formed in English, or it might have been borrowed from another language which formed it from those Latin roots.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɑː.ɹəʊˈtʌn.də/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɑɹ.ɹoʊˈtʌn.də/
Noun
Translations
curved form of the letter r
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