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ri

/ɹiː/

ri noun: a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

Noun (1)

ri (plural ris or ri)

  1. (Units of measure) A Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

Noun (2)

ri

  1. The solfeggio syllable used to indicate the sharp of the second note of a major scale, enharmonic to me.

Proper noun (1) capitalized: RI

RI

  1. (abbreviation, initialism, postal) Initialism of Rhode Island: a state of the United States.
  2. (abbreviation) Abbreviation of Riau: a province of Indonesia.
  3. (Singapore, abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of Raffles Institution.
    • He's illiterate […] Seriously, how did he get into RI?2021 September 15, Vivian Balakrishnan, Singapore Parliament debates on 15 September 2021

Noun (3) capitalized: RI

RI (countable and uncountable, plural RIs)

  1. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of radioisotope.
  2. (abbreviation, initialism) Initialism of radio interference.

Noun (4) capitalized: RI

RI

  1. rex imperator (“king-emperor”) or regina imperatrix (“queen-empress”); the initials by which a British monarch signed documents after his or her name from 1877 until 1947.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Ri

Ri

  1. (alternative) Alternative form of Yi.

ri meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Telugu

ri in Hindi

आर. आई, आर. आइ

ri in Tamil

ஆர். ஐ

ri in Bengali

রি

ri in Telugu

రి, ఆర్. ఐ
More languagesFewer languages
ri in Malayalam
റി, ആർ. ഐ
ri in Kannada
ಆರ್. ಐ
ri in Punjabi
ਆਰ. ਆਈ
ri in Gujarati
રી, આર. આઈ, આર. આઇ
ri in Odia
ରି, ଆର୍. ଆଇ
ri in Nepali
आरआई

Forms of ri

pluralris
pluralri
pluralRIs

Plural of ri: ris or ri

Origin of ri

From the McCune-Reischauer romanization of Korean 리 (ri), from Chinese 里 (lǐ). Doublet of li.

Phrases with ri

Words that rhyme with ri

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Questions about ri

What does ri mean?
Ri means a Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.
What is ri in Hindi?
Ri in Hindi is आर. आई, आर. आइ. See Ri meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is ri?
Ri can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce ri?
Ri is pronounced /ɹiː/.
What is the plural of ri?
The plural of ri is ris.

Words near ri in the dictionary

  1. Rhæto-
  2. Rhéal
  3. Rhône
  4. Rhône-Alpes
  5. rhönite
  6. ri
  7. Ri-Bhoi
  8. Ri-Ri
  9. ria
  10. RIAA
  11. Riaan

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: ri (page history and authors); RI (page history and authors); Ri (page history and authors); ri (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ri (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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