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er

Pronunciation: /ɛr/

“er” is a Welsh word. Its 10 meanings in English:

conjunction

  1. although

preposition

  1. since
  2. in spite of, despite
  3. in order to
  4. for the sake of
  5. because of
  6. for, in exchange for
  7. resulting in
  8. through

noun

  1. The name of the Latin script letter R/r.

Etymology

From Middle Welsh yr, from Proto-Brythonic *er, from Proto-Celtic *ɸeri, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“in front”). Compare Cornish er (“for, by”), Ancient Greek περί (perí, “about, peri-”), Latin per (“through”).

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