R̃ (lower case: r̃), is a Latin
R with a diacritical
tilde
The tilde () or , is a grapheme with several uses. The name of the character came into English from Spanish, which in turn came from the Latin ''titulus'', meaning "title" or "superscription". Its primary use is as a diacritic (accent) in ...
. In the
International Phonetic Alphabet it represents a
nasalized
In phonetics, nasalization (or nasalisation) is the production of a sound while the velum is lowered, so that some air escapes through the nose during the production of the sound by the mouth. An archetypal nasal sound is .
In the Internatio ...
version of a
trill consonant
In phonetics, a trill is a consonantal sound produced by vibrations between the active articulator and passive articulator. Standard Spanish as in , for example, is an alveolar trill.
A trill is made by the articulator being held in place and ...
, or in broader transcription also a
nasalized flap or tap.
It is not to be confused with
Ȓ (''R'' with inverted breve),
R̄ (''R'' with macron) or
Ř (''R'' with háček).
Latin letters with diacritics
Letters with tilde
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