noun Download 🔗Share A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel). Examples : "American English is generally rhotic, meaning the /r/ sound is pronounced after vowels, like in the word "car". " phonetics linguistics language Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of an English accent) That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent. Examples : "Rhotic speech is common in Ireland, Scotland, much of the United States, Canada, West Country England, and many parts of the north and west of England." phonetics language linguistics Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (of a phoneme) Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/. Examples : "The accent of the Scottish speaker was distinctly rhotic, with every "r" clearly pronounced. " phonetics linguistics language sound Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading