PR

PR

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Puerto Rico.

   Synonyms: PRI (alpha-3), US-PR (ISO 3166-2)

PR

1. Initialism of Puerto Rico: a territory of the United States.
2. Abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil.
3. Initialism of Port Republic: a small city in New Jersey, United States.

• (Puerto Rico): PRUSVI

PR (countable and uncountable, plural PRs)

1. 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.

2. Initialism of proportional representation.
   • 2023 July 21, Rob Ford, “Would proportional representation really doom the Tories?”, in New Statesman‎^[1]:

     Last year the Labour Party passed a conference motion backing proportional representation (PR) by an overwhelming margin.

3. Initialism of permanent residence.
4. Initialism of police report.
5. Initialism of personal representative.
6. Initialism of personal recognizance (bond).
7. (sports) Initialism of personal record.
8. (software engineering) Initialism of pull request.

   Synonym: MR

9. (tennis) Initialism of protected ranking.
10. Initialism of Puerto Rican.
11. (biochemistry) Initialism of progesterone receptor.
12. (medicine) Initialism of partial response.

    Coordinate term: CR

13. (hematology) Initialism of prothrombin ratio.
14. (medicine) A PR interval.
15. (electronics) Abbreviation of preset.
16. (sports) Initialism of Paralympic record.

    Coordinate terms: OR, CR, TR, MR, GR, NR, WR

• (public relations): PR-friendly

• (prothrombin ratio): PT, INR

PR (not comparable)

1. (medicine) Initialism of per rectal or per rectum.

• Georgian: პიარი (ṗiari)

• R/P, RP, Rp

From English PR (“public relations”).

PR (Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. PR; public relations
2. public relations officer
3. (slang) nightclub hostess

• 公關 / 公关 (gung¹ gwaan¹)

From English PR.

PR

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

• suhdetoiminta

• “PR”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

• r.p., rp.

• IPA^(key): [peːˈʔɛʁ], [peːˈʔɛɐ̯]

• Audio:

  (file)

PR f (genitive PR, no plural)

1. (Germany) initialism of Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

   Synonym: ÖA

PR m (strong, genitive PRs or PR, plural PR, feminine PR'in)

1. (Germany) abbreviation of Polizeirat

Borrowed from English PR.

• IPA^(key): [ˈpiːjaːr]
• Rhymes: -aːr

PR (plural PR-ok)

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

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.ɛr/

PR (plural PR-PR)

1. HW; initialism of pekerjaan rumah (“homework”)

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

• “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.

Borrowed from English PR.

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

PR(ピーアール) • (pīāru) 

1. synonym of パブリック・リレーションズ (paburikku rirēshonzu, “public relations”); PR
2. promotion

Unadapted borrowing from English PR.

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ar/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iar
• Syllabification: P‧R

PR m inan (indeclinable, related adjective PR-owski)

1. PR (communication by a person or an organization with the purpose of creating a favorable public image)

   Synonym: public relations

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

• RP

PR m

1. initialism of Presidente da República
2. abbreviation of Paraná: a state of Brazil
3. (Brazil, politics, historical) initialism of Partido da República (“Party of the Republic”), now PL

PR c

1. 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, […]

PR

1. abbreviation of poste restante (“poste restante”)