Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ra

/ɹɑː/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.90 in modern English

Syllables: ra
IPA: /ɹɑː/

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

intj

Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).

name

The Egyptian god of the Sun.

noun

Any of a series of moraines, in parts of Norway, that are long ridges covered with stones.

name

A province of Fiji.

name

Alternative form of RA (republican army; IRA).

noun

Abbreviation of average roughness

Uncountable

noun

Initialism of rear admiral, a rank in the Royal Navy.

noun

Initialism of receptor agonist.

Example Sentences

""You guys are doing great. Ra ra ra! Go get 'em, guys.""
"Ra-ra and all that. So cheerleaders have a harder time climbing flights of stairs?"
""Ra! Ra! You can do it! Ra! Ra! Just get to it!""
"When I first joined the Ra they said, ' You'll either be maimed, or killed and if you're lucky, just have to spend half your life in prison'."
"Dan's excuse for leavin was the Ra."
"Another one sung by Celtic fans is 'ooh ahh up the Ra', which is described as an Irish rebel song by some."

Etymology

Conventional Egyptological pronunciation (not to be confused with reconstructed pronunciations) of Egyptian r:a-ra (rꜥ, “the sun; Ra”).

Origin

Source language: Egyptian

Word Breakdown

Root: rꜥ, Ra

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Ras (plural)

Phrases

Amun-Ra Raet-Tawy Ra-Horakhty

Frequently Paired Words

Amun Aten Atum Khepri Khnum RA Rₐ Rq

Synonyms

Re right ascension celestial longitude radium atomic number 88

Homonyms

rah

Rhymes With

la ya ma ah ha da raw pa na nah sa ha-ha

Questions

How do you pronounce ra?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹɑː/.
What does ra mean?: Alternative spelling of rah (“exclamation of encouragement”).
Where does ra come from?: It is traced to Egyptian.

How to pronounce ra

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