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Definition of Rhotacism
1. n. An oversounding, or a misuse, of the letter r; specifically (Phylol.), the tendency, exhibited in the Indo-European languages, to change s to r, as wese to were.
Definition of Rhotacism
1. Noun. An exaggerated use of the sound of the letter R. ¹
2. Noun. (countable linguistics): A linguistic phenomenon in which a consonant changes into an R, such as Latin ''flo'''s''''' becoming ''flo'''r'''em'' in the accusative case. ¹
3. Noun. Inability to pronounce the letter R; derhotacization. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhotacism
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Rhotacism
1. Mispronunciation of the "r" sound. Origin: G. Rho, the letter r (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhotacism
Literary usage of Rhotacism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Grammar of Oscan and Umbrian: With a Collection of Inscriptions and a Glossary by Carl Darling Buck (1904)
"rhotacism of intervocalic s occurs in Umbrian as in Latin, but not in Oscan.
In the latter the « has become z, written z in the Latin alphabet, ..."
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