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non-rhotic

/nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
non-rhot-ic
IPA
/nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" after a vowel, as in Received Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English rhotacismbf. English rhotic English non-rhotic From non- + rhotic.

Regional Pronunciation

  • British English: /nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/

Inflected Forms

nonrhotic (alternative)

Phrases

non-prevocalic r-less r-dropping

Frequently Paired Words

non-prevocalic postvocalic r-less r-dropping

Antonyms

rhotic

Questions

How do you pronounce non-rhotic?
The recorded pronunciation is /nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/.
What does non-rhotic mean?
Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" after a vowel, as in Received Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc.
Where does non-rhotic come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Germanic *ne Proto-Indo-European *ís? Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos Proto-Germanic *ainaz Proto-Germanic *nainaz Proto-West Germanic *nain Old English nān Middle English non ▲ Old English nān Old English nān- Middle English non- English non- English rhotacismbf. English rhotic English non-rhotic From non- + rhotic.

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