Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rn

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.71 in modern English

Syllables: rn
IPA

2

Scrabble Score

2

Letters

1

Syllables

2

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Abbreviation of right now.

noun

Initialism of registered nurse.

name

Initialism of Royal Navy.

British usage

name

Richard Nixon, the 37th U.S. president (1913-1994, served 1969-1974).

name

Initialism of Rio Grande do Norte: a state of Brazil.

noun

Abbreviation of Royal Italian ship, used as a ship prefix.

Uncountable

adv

Initialism of right now.

Example Sentences

"I'm so tired RN."
"John Richards, RN, was a guest at the inn last night."
"A chart of Singapore, by Mr. John Richards, R.N., has recently been published by the Admiralty on the scale of 12 inches to a mile; it shows at a glance the docks, coal-wharfs, and other accommodation at that flourishing entrepôt of the trade of the East."
"Barrel jeans are all the rave rn—let's see you in a pair!"

Etymology

Abbreviation.

Origin

Source language: Portuguese

Word Breakdown

Root: RN

Usage

British usage
Uncountable

Inflected Forms

RNs (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

rn R.N. LPN RAF RAN RCN RNZN WRNS

Synonyms

RMN registered nurse radon atomic number 86

Questions

What does rn mean?: Abbreviation of right now.
Where does rn come from?: It is traced to Portuguese.

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