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rhotacism
[ roh-tuh-siz-uhm ]
noun
- Historical Linguistics. a change of a speech sound, especially (s), to (r), as in the change from Old Latin lases to Latin lares.
- excessive use of the sound (r), its misarticulation, or the substitution of another sound for it.
rhotacism
/ ˈəʊəˌɪə /
noun
- excessive use or idiosyncratic pronunciation of r
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Derived Forms
- ˈdzٲ, noun
- ˌdzٲˈپ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms
- t·t adjective
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhotacism1
1825–35; < Greek ô rho + (io)tacism
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of rhotacism1
C19: from New Latin ōٲܲ , from Greek ōٲ쾱 (verb) from the letter rho
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Example Sentences
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Gorman's own experience with a speech impediment, a common pronunciation difficulty known as rhotacism, only further echoes this emergent theme.
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“When I was 5, I couldn’t wead, I couldn’t wite,” Nate said, mimicking his own early rhotacism.
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Rhotacism, rō′ta-sizm, n. erroneous pronunciation of the letter r: burring: the tendency of s to change into r.—v.i.
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High German Rhotacism is very prevalent, although, according to Grimm, Deutsche Grammatik, vol.
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Rhotacism.—Many children do not form R at all for a long time and put nothing in place of it.
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