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Rhotacization

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rhotacismnoun(countable, phonology) A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R; rhotacization.
rotacismnounAlternative spelling of rhotacism. [An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.]
rhoticismnounAlternative form of rhotacism. [An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R.]
derhotacizationnounA distortion in (or an Inability to pronounce) the sound of letter R, causing the R to be omitted as a consonant or changing /ɝ/ or /ɚ/ to /ɜ/, /ə/, or another vowel if a vocalic.
pararhotacismnounInability to pronounce the letter R, rhotacism.
rhotacismusnounInability to pronounce the letter R.
rhoticnoun(phonetics) A rhotic consonant or rhotic vowel (R-coloured vowel).
hard rnoun(US, film) A movie that is intentionally produced to be R-rated ("Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian") by the Motion Picture Association (MPA), typically due to its multiple scenes of violence or nudity.
rhapsodizationnounThe process or an instance of making something rhapsodic.
linking rnoun(phonetics) An "r" that is pronounced only because it is closely followed by another morpheme beginning with a vowel sound, as in water ice, in non-rhotic varieties of English.
erhuanoun(Chinese phonetics) A phonological process that adds rhotic sounds to syllables in some lects of Chinese.
intrusive rnoun(phonetics) An "r" sound that is like a linking r but occurs despite the absence of "r" in the spelling, as in Asia and the Far East in some pronunciations.
rhythmizationnounThe process or the result of rhythmizing.
rogitationnoun(rare, uncountable) The act or process of rogitating.
racialisationnounNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of racialization. [The act or process of racializing, that is, of treating (a relationship, practice, person or group) in racial terms or of constituting (that person or group) as racial or as a race.]
rotavationnounThe action, or the result, of rotavating
russificationnounThe process of making anything Russian.
rotnnounAbbreviation of rotation. [(chiefly uncountable) The act of turning around a centre or an axis.]
rotonoun(countable) A Chilean, especially a common man or lower-class Chilean.
r-droppingnoun(phonology) The omission of the sound of a letter "r" after a vowel.

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