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2024
non-rhotic
non-rhotic
See also:
nonrhotic
English
Adjective
non
-
rhotic
(
not comparable
)
Of an
English
accent
: not pronouncing the written letter "
r
" unless it is followed by a
vowel
.
In a
non-rhotic
accent, the word '
farther
' is pronounced like the word '
father
'.
Antonyms
rhotic
See also
Rhotic and non-rhotic accents
on Wikipedia.
Wikipedia
Etymology
From
non
+
rhotic
.
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