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Definition of
rhotic adjective
from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
rhotic
adjective
adjective
NAmE
/
/
ˈroʊt̮ɪk
/
/
(
phonetics
)
jump to other results
(
of an accent
)
pronouncing the
/
r
/
after a vowel in words like
car
,
early
, etc. General American accents are
rhotic
.
See
rhotic
in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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rhotic
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