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non-rhotic

/nɒnˈɹəʊtɪk/ UK

adjective nonrhotic

not comparable Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" after a vowel, as in Received Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc. In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.

Opposite: rhotic

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@misc{non_rhotic_2026,
  title = {non-rhotic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/non-rhotic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}