nonrhotic
/nɑnˈroʊtɪk/
adjective
- Describing a dialect or accent of English in which the sound /r/ is not pronounced unless it is followed by a vowel (e.g., 'car' sounds like 'cah').
- Her nonrhotic pronunciation made 'hard' and 'ha'd' sound the same.
- In nonrhotic dialects, the word 'letter' is pronounced without the final 'r' sound.
- Many speakers of British English have a nonrhotic accent, so they drop the 'r' in words like 'farm'.
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