Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Too frequent use of r.
- noun Erroneous pronunciation of r; utterance of r with vibration of the uvula.
- noun Conversion of another sound, as s, into r.
- noun Also spelled
rotacism .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter
r ; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to changes tor , aswese towere .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
exaggerated use of thesound of the letterR . - noun countable, linguistics : A linguistic phenomenon in which a
consonant changes into an R, such as Latin flos becoming florem in the accusative case. - noun
Inability topronounce the letter R;derhotacization .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Sounds like proper Ringlish if you'll excuse an exaggerated intervocalic rhotacism.
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Since then he's discussed rhotacism in Venezuela (eg «\er negro\» for el negro 'the black one'), leísmo in Madrid (the use of the indirect pronoun as a direct object), and Occitan/Provençal, among other things.
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They comprise chiefly: sigmatism or imperfect pronunciation of s; rhotacism or imperfect pronunciation of r; lambdacism or imperfect pronunciation of l; gam -
The Montessori Method Anne E. Montessori George 1912
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They show more plainly (at least concerning rhotacism) than my own notes, some imperfections of articulation of the child in the second year, which occur, however, only in single individuals.
The Mind of the Child, Part II The Development of the Intellect, International Education Series Edited By William T. Harris, Volume IX. William T. Preyer 1869
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She also speaks with a rhotacism, mirroring that 'classless' pronunciation of Jonathan Ross and David Bellamy.
Anorak News Anorak 2010
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She also speaks with a rhotacism, mirroring that 'classless' pronunciation of Jonathan Ross and David Bellamy.
Anorak News Anorak 2010
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She also speaks with a rhotacism, mirroring that 'classless' pronunciation of Jonathan Ross and David Bellamy.
Anorak News Anorak 2010
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She also speaks with a rhotacism, mirroring that 'classless' pronunciation of Jonathan Ross and David Bellamy.
Anorak News Anorak 2010
tbtabby commented on the word rhotacism
Noun: Excessive use of the letter R.
January 26, 2009
bilby commented on the word rhotacism
Wouldn't that be rrrrhotacism?
January 26, 2009