"non-rhotic" meaning in All languages combined

See non-rhotic on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

Forms: non-rhotic [positive], [comparative], [superlative]
Etymology: non- + rhotic Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|non|rhotic}} non- + rhotic Head templates: {{adj}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If a dialect (form of a language) or accent is non-rhotic, it only pronounces the rhotic sound for the letter R when it is before a vowel (more precisely, the rhotic sound is pronounced if "r" or "rh" is immediately followed by a vowel – which also means it is always pronounced at the start of a word). Most British accents in England and Wales are non-rhotic (with the notable exception of West-Country accents), as are all Australian accents and most accents of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Maine in New England, United States.
    Sense id: simple-non-rhotic-en-adj-SQOeC5Jh
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with non-
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