# PR

| ㏚ | U+33DA, &#13274; SQUARE PR |
| ← ㏙ [U+33D9] | CJK Compatibility | ㏛ → [U+33DB] |

## Translingual
### Symbol

PR
* (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Puerto Rico.
    Synonym: PRI (alpha-3)

## English
### Proper noun

PR
* Initialism of Port Republic, New Jersey.
* Abbreviation of Paraná. A state of Brazil.
* Initialism of Puerto Rico. A territory of the United States.

#### Derived terms

* (Puerto Rico): PRUSVI

### Noun

PR (countable and uncountable, plural PRs)
* Initialism of public relations.
** 2021 January 27, Christian Wolmar, “Little-used stations”, in RAIL, number 923, page 46:Well, let me reiterate them and then explain why, in my view, this response is bad PR.
* Initialism of proportional representation.
** 2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman‎:Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.
* Initialism of permanent residence.
* Initialism of police report.
* Initialism of personal representative.
* Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
* (sports) Initialism of personal record.
* (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.
    Synonym: MR
* (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
* Initialism of Puerto Rican.
* (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
* (medicine) Initialism of partial response.
    Coordinate term: CR
* (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
* (medicine) A PR interval.
* (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
* (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.
    Coordinate terms: OR, CR, TR, MR, GR, NR, WR

#### Derived terms

* (public relations): PR-friendly

#### See also

* (prothrombin ratio): PT, INR

### Adverb

PR (not comparable)
* (medicine) Initialism of per rectal or per rectum.

### Descendants

* Georgian: პიარი (ṗiari)

### Anagrams

* R/P, RP, Rp

## Chinese
### Etymology

From English PR (“public relations”).

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): pi$^1$ aau$^1$ / pi$^1$ aa$^1$ lou$^4$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: pi$^1$ aau$^1$ / pi$^1$ aa$^1$ lou$^4$
*** Yale: pī āau / pī ā lòuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: pi$^1$ aau$^1$ / pi$^1$ aa$^1$ lou$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: pi$^1$ ao$^1$ / pi$^1$ a$^1$ lou$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /pʰiː⁵⁵ aːu̯⁵⁵/, /pʰiː⁵⁵ aː⁵⁵ lou̯²¹/

### Noun

PR (Hong Kong Cantonese)
* PR; public relations
* public relations officer
* (slang) nightclub hostess

#### Synonyms

* 公關 / 公关 (gung$^1$ gwaan$^1$)

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English PR.

### Noun

PR
* PR, public relations (communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image)

#### Synonyms

* suhdetoiminta

#### Derived terms

* PR-kampanja
* PR-mies
* PR-nainen
* PR-osasto
* PR-toimisto

### Further reading

* “PR”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* r.p., rp.

## German
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [peːˈʔɛʁ], [peːˈʔɛɐ̯]
* Audio:(file)

#### Noun

PR f (genitive PR, no plural)
* (Germany) Initialism of Öffentlichkeitsarbeit.
    Synonym: ÖA

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

PR m (strong, genitive PRs or PR, plural PR, feminine PR'in)
* (Germany) Abbreviation of Polizeirat.

##### Declension
## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /pɛ.ɛr/

### Noun

PR (plural PR-PR)
* HW; Abbreviation of pekerjaan rumah (“homework”).

#### Usage notes

This term is not exclusive to text messaging, unlike English HW.

### Further reading

* “PR” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Etymology

Borrowed from English PR.

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ピーアール [pìíáꜜàrù] (Nakadaka – [3])
* IPA: [pʲiːa̠ːɾɯ̟]

### Noun

PR(ピーアール) • (pīāru)
* Synonym of パブリック・リレーションズ (paburikku rirēshonzu, “public relations”); PR
* promotion

## Polish
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English PR.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpi.ar/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iar
* Syllabification: P‧R

### Noun

PR m inan (indeclinable, related adjective PR-owski)
* PR (communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image)
    Synonym: public relations

#### Derived terms

* piarowski
* piarowiec
* PR-owiec

### Further reading

* PR in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* PR in Polish dictionaries at PWN

### Anagrams

* RP

## Portuguese
### Proper noun

PR m
* Initialism of Presidente da República.
* (Brazil) Abbreviation of Paraná. (Brazilian state)
* (Brazil, politics, historical) Initialism of Partido da República (“Party of the Republic”), now PL.

## Swedish
### Noun

PR c
* Alternative letter-case form of pr (“PR, public relations”).
** 2019 September 4, Love Bonnier, “Startups förstår sig inte på PR – så låt mig bjuda på några tips [Startups don't understand PR – so let me offer some tips]”, in Breakit:Det finns tre stora fallgropar som du ska undvika när du vill få PR till din startup, […]There are three major pitfalls to avoid when seeking PR for your startup, […]

### Adverb

PR
* Abbreviation of poste restante (“poste restante”).