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Definition of rhotic adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rhotic

adjective

/ˈrəʊtɪk/

/ˈrəʊtɪk/

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(of an accent) pronouncing the /r/ after a vowel in words like car, early, etc. General American and Scottish accents are rhotic.Topics Languagec2
Word Origin1960s: from Greek rhot-, stem of rho (see rho) + -ic.

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