adjective
- of or relating to a dialect or accent in which the sound /r/ is not pronounced at the end of a syllable or before a consonant
Usage: linguistics; phonetics
Examples
- Many speakers of British English use a nonrhotic accent.
- In nonrhotic dialects, the word 'car' is pronounced without a final /r/ sound.
- Boston and New York City are known for nonrhotic speech patterns.
- The nonrhotic pronunciation of 'park' sounds like 'pahk' to rhotic speakers.
- Linguists study nonrhotic accents to understand regional language variation.