rhotacism

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/
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• General-American: /ˈɹoʊ.tə.sɪ.zəm/
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• rhymes with -əʊtəsɪzəm
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From New Latin rhōtacismus, from Ancient Greek *ῥωτακισμός (*rhōtakismós), from ῥωτακίζω (rhōtakízō, “to incorrectly use rho”), from ῥῶ (rhô, “rho (the Greek equivalent of r)”) in analogy with ἰωτακίζω (iōtakízō, “to incorrectly use iota”); itself from ἰῶτα (iôta) in analogy with ἀττικίζω (attikízō, “talk like an Athenian”). By surface analysis, rho + -tacism.

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: rotacismus — exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R
• Czech: ráčkování — exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R
• Slovak: ráčkovanie — exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R
• Albanian: rotacizëm — linguistic sound change
• Armenian: ռոտացիզմ (ṙotacʻizm) — linguistic sound change
• Armenian: րեականություն (reakanutʻyun) — linguistic sound change
• Basque: errotazismo — linguistic sound change
• Catalan: rotacisme — linguistic sound change
• Czech: rotacismus — linguistic sound change
• Czech: rotacizmus — linguistic sound change
• Dutch: rotacisme — linguistic sound change
• Esperanto: rotaismo — linguistic sound change
• Finnish: äänteenmuutos R:ksi — linguistic sound change
• Finnish: rotasismi — linguistic sound change
• French: rhotacisme — linguistic sound change
• Georgian: როტაციზმი (roṭacizmi) — linguistic sound change
• German: Rhotazismus — linguistic sound change
• Greek: ρωτακισμός (rotakismós) — linguistic sound change
• Hungarian: rotacizmus — linguistic sound change
• Italian: rotacismo — linguistic sound change
• Latin: rhōtacismus — linguistic sound change
• Polish: rotacyzm — linguistic sound change
• Portuguese: rotacismo — linguistic sound change
• Russian: ротаци́зм (rotacízm) — linguistic sound change
• Slovak: rotacizmus — linguistic sound change
• Slovene: rotacizm — linguistic sound change
• Spanish: rotacismo — linguistic sound change
• Uzbek: rotatsizm — linguistic sound change
• Czech: ráčkování — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Finnish: ärrävika — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Italian: erre moscia — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Italian: rotacismo — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Russian: грасси́рование (grassírovanije) — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Russian: карта́вость (kartávostʹ) — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Spanish: rotacismo — inability to pronounce the letter R
• Welsh: tafod tew — inability to pronounce the letter R