rhotic

  1. Adjective.  (context, of an English accent) Pronouncing the letter ''r'' wherever it appears, as in ''bar'' ((IPAchar, /bɑːr/) ) and ''bard'' or ''barred'' ((IPAchar, /bɑːrd/) ); this trait is common in much of the United States, Canada, many parts of the north and west of England, Ireland, and Scotland.
  2. Adjective.  (context, of a phoneme) Having the quality of the said letter. This includes the sounds of the IPA symbols /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/, and some would say /r/, or r coloring.

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