Meaning

2 senses

  1. To pronounce with an exaggerated 'R' sound (a rhotacism).

  2. To change a consonant to an 'R' sound under certain circumstances.

Forms

rhotacizes, rhotacizing, rhotacized, rhotacized
Base formrhotacize · to rhotacize
3rd person singularrhotacizes
Present participlerhotacizing
Past simplerhotacized
Past participlerhotacized

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyrhotacize
he, she, itrhotacizes

Past simpleLesson

all personsrhotacized

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave rhotacized
he, she, ithas rhotacized

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill rhotacize

Word family

2 related words
Derivedrhotacizationunrhotacized

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
rhinocerosB2rhinoplastyrhizomerhombusrhubarbrhymeB2
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