non-rhotic

Adjective

Positive non-rhotic

Comparative none

Superlative none

1. If a dialect (form of a language) is non-rhotic it does not use the rhotic sound for the letter r, except at the beginning of words. Formal British and all Australian dialects are non-rhotic. (An r at the beginning of a word or strong syllable is always said in any type of English.)

Antonym

• rhotic