RHOTIC


Meaning of RHOTIC in English

[ 'rəʊtɪk ]

■ adjective Phonetics relating to or denoting a variety of English (e.g. in America and SW England) in which r is pronounced before a consonant (as in hard ) and at the ends of words (as in far ).

Origin

1960s: from Gk rhot- , stem of rho (see rho ) + -ic .

Concise Oxford English vocab.      Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка.