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RI¹

proper noun

  1. abbreviation, initialism 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?

noun RIs

  1. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of radioisotope
  2. abbreviation, countable, initialism, uncountable Initialism of radio interference

noun

  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.

ri²

  • /ɹiː/

Rhymes with -iː

Where it comes from

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

noun ris · ri

  1. A Korean unit of distance equivalent to about 393 m.

ri³

  • /ɹiː/

Rhymes with -iː

noun

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

Ri⁴

proper noun

  1. alternative Alternative form of Yi

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: lha, ard, zhong, ght, goid, lehrer, tah, monarch, sovereign, ruler, emperor, overlord, liege, potentate, regent, crown

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"ri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ri. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

ri. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/ri

Chicago

"ri." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ri.

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@misc{ri_2026,
  title = {ri},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ri},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}