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Definition of rhotic in English: rhoticadjective ˈrəʊtɪkˈrōdik Phonetics Relating to or denoting a dialect or variety of English (e.g. in most of the US and south-western England) in which r is pronounced before a consonant (as in hard) and at the ends of words (as in far) rhotic and non-rhotic speakers Example sentencesExamples - Nor, on a quick skim, are the rest of the book's pirates notably rhotic.
- Both in fact were non-rhotic, while the majority of Americans speak with rhotic accents.
- The syllable that Ben has spelled ‘er’ would be pronounced as an r-colored vowel - a rhotic schwa - which is essentially just a vocalic form of the syllable-final [r] in ‘care’.
- This is a rhotic central vowel.
- With the exception of the Southern states, eastern New England, and New York City, pronunciation is rhotic, postvocalic /r/ being pronounced in such words as part, four, motor.
Derivatives nounrəʊˈtɪsɪti Phonetics In other cities, such as Plymouth and Bournemouth, rhoticity varies.
Origin 1960s: from Greek rhot-, stem of rho (see rho) + -ic. Definition of rhotic in US English: rhoticadjectiveˈrōdik Phonetics Relating to or denoting a dialect or variety of English (e.g. in most of the US and southwestern England) in which r is pronounced before a consonant (as in hard) and at the ends of words (as in far) rhotic and non-rhotic speakers Example sentencesExamples - Both in fact were non-rhotic, while the majority of Americans speak with rhotic accents.
- This is a rhotic central vowel.
- Nor, on a quick skim, are the rest of the book's pirates notably rhotic.
- The syllable that Ben has spelled ‘er’ would be pronounced as an r-colored vowel - a rhotic schwa - which is essentially just a vocalic form of the syllable-final [r] in ‘care’.
- With the exception of the Southern states, eastern New England, and New York City, pronunciation is rhotic, postvocalic /r/ being pronounced in such words as part, four, motor.
Origin 1960s: from Greek rhot-, stem of rho (see rho) + -ic. |