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rhoticize

rhoticize is the alternative spelling of rhotacize.

Meaning of rhotacize

Verb

rhotacize (third-person singular simple present rhotacizes, present participle rhotacizing, simple past and past participle rhotacized)

  1. To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).
  2. To change a consonant to an 'R' sound under certain circumstances.

Forms of rhoticize

third-person singular presentrhoticizes
present participlerhoticizing
past participlerhoticized
pastrhoticized

Questions about rhoticize

What is rhoticize the alternative spelling of?
Rhoticize is the alternative spelling of rhotacize.

Words near rhoticize in the dictionary

  1. rhotic hook
  2. rhotically
  3. rhoticism
  4. rhoticisms
  5. rhoticity
  6. rhoticize
  7. rhoticized
  8. rhoticizes
  9. rhoticizing
  10. rhotics
  11. Rhoton

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rhoticize (page history and authors); rhotacize (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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