rhotacism
/ˈrəʊtəsɪz(ə)m/(also rhotacismus)
noun
1 Linguistics. The changing of another sound, especially the phoneme/s/, into the phoneme/r/, and thus often also the changing of the spelling.
2Unusual pronunciation or pronounced production of the phoneme/r/ as a phonological characteristic or speech defect; specifically the use of the burr or uvular r.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From German Rhotacismus from Byzantine Greek ῥωτακίζειν + German -ismus.
- something fierce
- something for the weekend
- something is up
- something like
- something nasty in the woodshed
- something of
- something of the kind
- something or other
- something speaks for itself
- something would not go (or come) amiss
- sometime
- sometimes
- someway
- somewhat
- somewhat of
- somewhen
- somewhere
- some —— are more equal than others
- somite
- Somme
- Somme, Battle of the
- sommelier
- sommer
- somnambulant
- somnambulantly