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单词 rhotic
释义

rhotic

adjective

rho·​tic ˈrō-tik How to pronounce rhotic (audio)
1
phonetics : of, relating to, having, or being an accent or dialect in English in which an /r/ sound is retained before consonants (as in pronouncing hard and cart) and at the end of a word (as in pronouncing car and far)
a rhotic dialect/accent
a rhotic speaker
Arguably one of the greatest divisions in English is between rhotic and non-rhotic accents, which is to say our speech and accents are immediately distinguishable based on the pronunciation, or lack thereof, of /r/-like sounds. Jordan MacKenzie
2
phonetics, of a vowel : influenced in coloring by an adjacent /r/ sound
rhoticity
rō-ˈti-sə-tē How to pronounce rhotic (audio)
noun
The presence or absence of rhoticity usually provides an instant first indication of the regional speech of a given speaker. Robert Burchfield

Word History

Etymology

rhot- (in rhotacism or rhotacize) + -ic entry 1

First Known Use

1968, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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