non-rhotic

suomi-englanti sanakirja

non-rhotic englanniksi

  1. Of an accent, most often one of English: not pronouncing the written letter "r" unless it is followed by a vowel, as in Pronunciation, most other accents of England, the Boston accent, traditional NYC English, many accents of southern Louisiana, Australian English, etc.

  2. ''In a non-rhotic accent, the word 'sort' can be pronounced like the word 'sought'.''