rhotacizev.

Brit.

/ˈrəʊtəsʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈroʊdəˌsaɪz/

Forms: 1800s– rhotacise, 1800s– rhotacize.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Greek. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Greek ῥωτακίζειν ; rhotacism n., -ize suffix.

Etymology: Either < Byzantine Greek ῥωτακίζειν to make overmuch or wrong use of the letter ῥ ( < ancient Greek ῥῶ rho n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix, with inserted -τακ- probably after Hellenistic Greek ἰωτακισμός iotacism n.), or independently < rhotac- (in rhotacism n.) + -ize suffix.

Linguistics.

1. transitive. To change (a sound, esp. the phoneme /s/) into the phoneme /r/. Also: to alter the form and pronunciation of (a word) by changing one of its sounds, esp. the phoneme /s/, into the phoneme /r/.

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rhotacize1870

1870 J. Helfenstein Compar. Gram. Teutonic Langs. 283 Old Frisian rhotacizes the final s, hence the accus. like the nom. plur. fiskar.

1933 Language 9 57 The -r- comes from the intervocalic -s- which was rhotacized.

1965 Language 41 64 The prothesis rule must apply before b is deleted and..b must be deleted before the s can be rhotacized.

1977 Language 53 51 The traditional form *esom was rhotacized into *erom.

2002 J. H. Hordern Fragments of Timotheus of Miletus i. 8 The Decree..almost consistently rhotacizes final sigma, which was not a feature of classical or Hellenistic Laconian.

2. intransitive. Of a sound (esp. the phoneme /s/): to change into the phoneme /r/.

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rhotacize1926

1926 Amer. Speech 1 255 There is an unlimited store of interesting things about inflections: the n sound that nasalizes and appears variously as a, á, ou, and ei; the s sound that drops or rhotacizes between vowels.

1980 Word 1979 30 28 In Tosk, historical intervocalic n rhotacizes to r.

1998 E. Vineis in A. G. Ramat & P. Ramat Indo-European Langs. x. 270 In the field of phonetics/phonology, the general preservation [in Old Latin] of original diphthongs (save eu which had already evolved into ou), if intervocalic -s- (which had not yet rhotacized) [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhotacize
释义	rhotacizev. Brit. /ˈrəʊtəsʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈroʊdəˌsaɪz/ Forms: 1800s– rhotacise, 1800s– rhotacize. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Greek. Or (ii) formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Greek ῥωτακίζειν ; rhotacism n., -ize suffix. Etymology: Either < Byzantine Greek ῥωτακίζειν to make overmuch or wrong use of the letter ῥ ( < ancient Greek ῥῶ rho n. + -ίζειν -ize suffix, with inserted -τακ- probably after Hellenistic Greek ἰωτακισμός iotacism n.), or independently < rhotac- (in rhotacism n.) + -ize suffix. Linguistics. 1. transitive. To change (a sound, esp. the phoneme /s/) into the phoneme /r/. Also: to alter the form and pronunciation of (a word) by changing one of its sounds, esp. the phoneme /s/, into the phoneme /r/. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [verb (transitive)] > rhotacize rhotacize1870 1870 J. Helfenstein Compar. Gram. Teutonic Langs. 283 Old Frisian rhotacizes the final s, hence the accus. like the nom. plur. fiskar. 1933 Language 9 57 The -r- comes from the intervocalic -s- which was rhotacized. 1965 Language 41 64 The prothesis rule must apply before b is deleted and..b must be deleted before the s can be rhotacized. 1977 Language 53 51 The traditional form *esom was rhotacized into *erom. 2002 J. H. Hordern Fragments of Timotheus of Miletus i. 8 The Decree..almost consistently rhotacizes final sigma, which was not a feature of classical or Hellenistic Laconian. 2. intransitive. Of a sound (esp. the phoneme /s/): to change into the phoneme /r/. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of speech sound > speech sound > sound changes > [verb (intransitive)] > rhotacize rhotacize1926 1926 Amer. Speech 1 255 There is an unlimited store of interesting things about inflections: the n sound that nasalizes and appears variously as a, á, ou, and ei; the s sound that drops or rhotacizes between vowels. 1980 Word 1979 30 28 In Tosk, historical intervocalic n rhotacizes to r. 1998 E. Vineis in A. G. Ramat & P. Ramat Indo-European Langs. x. 270 In the field of phonetics/phonology, the general preservation [in Old Latin] of original diphthongs (save eu which had already evolved into ou), if intervocalic -s- (which had not yet rhotacized) [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1870
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