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nonrhotic

Meaning of "nonrhotic" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF NONRHOTIC

nɒnˈrəʊtɪk


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NONRHOTIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Nonrhotic is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NONRHOTIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Rhotic and non-rhotic accents

In linguistic terms, non-rhotic accents are dialectal pronunciations of a language that are said to exclude the language's "r" sound from the syllable coda when occurring before a consonant or prosodic break. This is sometimes referred to as "post-vocalic R". Meanwhile, rhotic accents generally pronounce the "r" sound in all contexts.

Definition of nonrhotic in the English dictionary

The definition of nonrhotic in the dictionary is denoting or speaking a dialect of English in which preconsonantal rs are not pronounced.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NONRHOTIC

alkalotic · amphiprotic · anecdotic · aprotic · entotic · euphotic · halitotic · lotic · osteoporotic · otic · periotic · photic · rhotic · zoonotic

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NONRHOTIC

nonresponsive · nonrestricted · nonrestrictive · nonretractile · nonretroactive · nonreturn · nonreturn valve · nonreturnable · nonreusable · nonreversible · nonrhoticity · nonrigid · nonrioter · nonrioting · nonrival · nonrotating · nonroutine · nonroyal · nonrubber · nonruling

WORDS THAT END LIKE NONRHOTIC

antibiotic · antipsychotic · aphotic · asymptotic · chaotic · cirrhotic · dichotic · diorthotic · epanorthotic · erotic · exotic · hypnotic · kyphotic · morphotic · nonpsychotic · orthotic · osmotic · patriotic · psychotic · robotic

Synonyms and antonyms of nonrhotic in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «nonrhotic» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF NONRHOTIC

Find out the translation of nonrhotic to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of nonrhotic from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «nonrhotic» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

nonrhotic
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

nonrhotic
570 millions of speakers
en

English

nonrhotic
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

nonrhotic
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

nonrhotic
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

nonrhotic
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

nonrhotic
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

nonrhotic
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

nonrhotic
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Nonrotik
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

nonrhotic
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

nonrhotic
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

nonrhotic
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Nonrhotic
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nonrhotic
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

nonrhotic
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

नॉनरहॉटिक
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

nonrhotic
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

nonrhotic
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

nonrhotic
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

nonrhotic
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

nonrhotic
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

nonrhotic
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

nonrhotic
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

nonrhotic
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

nonrhotic
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of nonrhotic

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NONRHOTIC»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of nonrhotic
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about nonrhotic

EXAMPLES

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NONRHOTIC»

Discover the use of nonrhotic in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to nonrhotic and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Phonetics for Communication Disorders
However, a different form of liaison operates in those varieties of English called nonrhotic. Nonrhotic accents of English are those that do not normally pronounce postvocalic lr/ (i.e., /1/ that follows a vowel and either precedes a consonant or is  ...
Martin J. Ball, Nicole Muller, 2014
2
How Children Learn to Write Words
One consequence is that ‹or› is now a fairly common spelling of /ɔ/ for speakers of nonrhotic dialects. For example, corn contains a /ɔ/ that is spelled as ‹or›. Other words have /ɔ/ spelled with ‹au› or ‹aw›, including dawn and caucus.
Rebecca Treiman, Brett Kessler, 2014
3
Handbook of Vowels and Vowel Disorders
Interjudge reliability for correct/incorrect judgments averaged 97% (range = 93– 100%) for nonrhotic vowels and 94% (range = 91–100%) for rhotic vowels. Vowel Production Accuracy Vowel accuracy measures were obtained using custom ...
Martin J. Ball, Fiona E. Gibbon, 2013
4
How Languages Work: An Introduction to Language and Linguistics
This variable has two variants, a rhotic variant, in which the /r/ is pronounced as [ ɹ], and a nonrhotic variant, in which it is pronounced as a vowel, such as [ə] in unstressed syllables, as in better [ˈbɛɾə], and as an offglide or lengthening of the ...
Carol Genetti, 2014
5
English Phonology: An Introduction
1 , the 'linking /r/' of such items occurs in syllable onsets; it is therefore not affected by the ban on rhyme-/r/ that characterises nonrhotic accents and occurs freely in, for example, RP. This list is incomplete in that it does not contain items such as ...
Heinz J. Giegerich, 1992
6
Phonetic Interpretation: Papers in Laboratory Phonology VI
Figures 13.2 and 13.3 show the means and standard deviations of the bark transform of F2 first for nonrhotic then for rhotic varieties. 13.6.1.1 Nonrhotic varieties Both nonrhotic varieties have laterals which are darker finally than initially, ...
John Local, Richard Ogden, Rosalind Temple, 2004
7
Letter Perfect: The Marvelous History of Our Alphabet From A ...
rhotic ami nonrhotic. (The adjective "rhotic," from rho, the name of the ancient Greek R letter, is just a fancy word meaning "of R" or, in this case, "using R.") Rhotic speakers pronounce the R as written; nonrhotic ones drop R or diminish it in ...
David Sacks, 2007
8
Legacies of Colonial English: Studies in Transported Dialects
Within the United States there are a few (recessive) nonrhotic regions, for instance in eastern New England, New York City and the Tidewater South (Fisher 2001: 75-7) as well as among African Americans. Otherwise American English shows ...
Raymond Hickey, 2005
9
English Spelling
For such speakers an original /r/ is kept in all contexts indicated byan <r(r)> spelling. Otherwise your accent will prove to be NONRHOTIC (= '/r/depleted'). Asa nonrhotic speaker you may haveno further /r/ at all intheexample sentenceother ...
Edward Carney, 2008
10
The Cambridge History of the English Language
Before the Civil War, the wealthiest and most politically powerful regions in America were nonrhotic Boston and Virginia, which were under the strongest influence by the British elite. After the Civil War, wealth and political power passed to New ...
Richard M. Hogg, Norman Francis Blake, Roger Lass, 1992

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NONRHOTIC»

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1
Frankie Boyle: Comedian, Glaswegian, and Anti-Racist Chomskyan
(I think it's due to with the guttural and rhotic -- or is it nonrhotic? -- accent.) And this is even true of a comedian who left Glasgow when he 17 or ... «American Thinker, Apr 15»
2
James 'Whitey' Bulger Isn't Very Popular In His Hometown
Another day in Somerville, another aging, union guy with a fake hip and a thick, nonrhotic accent driving around in a silver Lexus telling me ... «VICE, Jun 13»
REFERENCE
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