used for describing an accent in which the speaker pronounces the letter ‘r’ after a vowel, as most American and Scottish speakers do. In this dictionary the ‘r’ in a rhotic accent is shown in brackets.
Synonyms and related words
Accents and describing accents
accent
accented
broad
rhotic
adjectivelinguistics
US /ˈroʊtɪk/
Other entries for this word
non-rhoticadjective
DEFINITIONS1
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used for describing an accent in which the speaker pronounces the letter “r” after a vowel, as most American and Scottish speakers do. In this dictionary the “r” in a rhotic accent is shown in brackets.