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Rhotic Moderate

Definition, synonyms and related words

Definitions
Noun
1

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

Adjective
1

That allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an English speaker) who speaks with such an accent.

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Rhyming Words
tic otic etic ictic mutic lotic attic ontic istic vatic octic latic metic artic ustic matic votic retic optic nitic
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