For example: r’s may become burrs or guttural grunts or w’s or l’s (rhotacism); […]
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Rhotacism
//ˈɹəʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm//
Synonyms for "rhotacism" (8 found)
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Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Noun(1 words)
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3 entriesderived
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
14 entriesTranslations
36 translations across 23 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- rotacizm noun (linguistic sound change)
Armenian
2 entries- ռոտացիզմ noun (linguistic sound change)
- րեականություն noun (linguistic sound change)
Basque
1 entries- errotazismo noun (linguistic sound change)
Catalan
1 entries- rotacisme noun (linguistic sound change)
Czech
4 entries- rotacismus noun (exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R)
- rotacismus noun (linguistic sound change)
- rotacizmus noun (linguistic sound change)
- ráčkování noun (exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R)
Dutch
1 entries- rotacisme noun (linguistic sound change)
Esperanto
1 entries- rotaismo noun (linguistic sound change)
Finnish
3 entries- rotasismi noun (linguistic sound change)
- ärrävika noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
- äänteenmuutos R:ksi noun (linguistic sound change)
French
1 entries- rhotacisme noun (linguistic sound change)
Georgian
1 entries- როტაციზმი noun (linguistic sound change)
German
1 entries- Rhotazismus noun (linguistic sound change)
Greek
1 entries- ρωτακισμός noun (linguistic sound change)
Hungarian
1 entries- rotacizmus noun (linguistic sound change)
Italian
3 entries- erre moscia noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
- rotacismo noun (linguistic sound change)
- rotacismo noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
Latin
1 entries- rhōtacismus noun (linguistic sound change)
Polish
1 entries- rotacyzm noun (linguistic sound change)
Portuguese
1 entries- rotacismo noun (linguistic sound change)
Russian
3 entries- грасси́рование noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
- карта́вость noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
- ротаци́зм noun (linguistic sound change)
Slovak
2 entries- rotacizmus noun (linguistic sound change)
- ráčkovanie noun (exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R)
Slovene
1 entries- rotacizm noun (linguistic sound change)
Spanish
2 entries- rotacismo noun (linguistic sound change)
- rotacismo noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
Uzbek
1 entries- rotatsizm noun (linguistic sound change)
Welsh
1 entries- tafod tew noun (inability to pronounce the letter R)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
From the analysis of Kana writings, hypothesizes that the inability to establish a stable… […] The correction of rhotacism by means of an electric vibrator.
Source: wiktionary
It is universally accepted that the rhotacism, a defective utterance of the /r/ sounds, is usually the last and most difficult American English consonant to correct functionally. I use two methods to help correct the rhotacism.
Source: wiktionary
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