HR

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hr"

Translingual

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Hrvatska.

Symbol

HR

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Croatia since 1992.

   Synonym: HRV (alpha-3)

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/
• (Ireland) IPA^(key): /heɪtʃ ɔɹ/
• (Canada, US) IPA^(key): /eɪt͡ʃ ɑɹ/

Noun

HR (countable and uncountable, plural HRs)

1. Initialism of human resources.
   • 2021 December 28, Kathryn Vasel, “HR executives share some of the biggest challenges of 2021”, in CNN Business‎:

     Here are some of the biggest challenges HR executives said they faced this year: […]

2. (baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).
3. (genetics) Initialism of homologous recombination.
4. (philately) Initialism of hinge remnant.
5. (law, politics) Initialism of house resolution.
6. (occupational health) Initialism of hazard ratio.
7. Initialism of heart rate.

Related terms

house resolution

• AB
• AR
• HB
• SB
• SR

Proper noun

HR

1. Abbreviation of Haryana: a state of India.

Anagrams

• R/H, RH, Rh

Japanese

Etymology

English homeroom

Noun

HR(ホームルーム) • (hōmurūmu) 

1. abbreviation of ホームルーム (hōmurūmu)

Romanian

Proper noun

HR

1. abbreviation of Harghita: a county of Romania

Swedish

Alternative forms

• hr

Etymology

Borrowed from English HR.

Noun

HR

1. human resources, HR

References

• HR in Svensk ordbok (SO)