rhotic

Meanings

Adjective

• That allows the phoneme even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar () and bard or barred (); who speaks with such an accent.
• Having a sound quality associated with the letter R; having the sound of any of certain IPA symbols, including , , , and .

Noun

• A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).

Related

Opposite words

• non-rhotic

Narrower meaning words

• R-coloured vowel

Origin

• , coined in 1968 by John C. Wells.