rhotacisme
French, noun/ʁɔ.ta.sism/
rhotacisme is spelled R-H-O-T-A-C-I-S-M-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 85 million words in written French, the 288,492nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rhotacisme is a French masculine noun meaning “rhotacism” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transformation d’un phonème en [r]”.
What does rhotacisme mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinerhotacism
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Transformation d’un phonème en [r].
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of rhotacisme
- rhotacismes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rhotacisme?
- /ʁɔ.ta.sism/
- /ʁɔ.ta.sizm/
- \ʁɔ.ta.sism\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rhotacisme in French?
rhotacisme appears about once in every 85 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).