Rotacism

Translation of "rotacism" into Russian

Noun

/rəʊˈteɪsɪzəm/

/roʊˈteɪsɪzəm/

rotacism

rotacisms pl

Rotacism is a speech disorder where the 'r' sound is mispronounced.

Ротацизм - это речевое расстройство, при котором звук 'р' произносится неправильно.

Noun

/rəʊˈteɪsɪzəm/

/roʊˈteɪsɪzəm/

A speech defect involving difficulty in pronouncing the letter 'r'.

The child was diagnosed with rotacism and began speech therapy to improve his pronunciation.

In historical linguistics, a sound change in which a consonant, typically /s/ or /z/, becomes /r/ in a specific phonetic environment.

Rotacism transformed Latin honos into honor by changing the intervocalic /s/ to /r/.