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(linguistics, rare) Occurring before the letter ⟨r⟩ or before any one of the sounds that letter tends to represent (e.g., [r], [ɽ], [ɹ], [ɻ], [ʀ], [ʁ], etc.).

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prerhotic

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not-comparable rare

(linguistics, rare) Occurring before the letter ⟨r⟩ or before any one of the sounds that letter tends to represent (e.g., [r], [ɽ], [ɹ], [ɻ], [ʀ], [ʁ], etc.).

Japanese Meaning

言語学において、『r』やそれが代表する音（[r]、[ɹ]、[ɻ]、[ʀ]、[ʁ]など）の直前に現れる状態や発音の特徴を示す用語である

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The dialect features a prerhotic vowel that changes quality when it is followed by an r-like sound.

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その方言では、r音やそれに相当する音の前に現れる母音があり、その音質が変化する。

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(linguistics, rare) Occurring before the letter ⟨r⟩ or before any one of the sounds that letter tends to represent (e.g., [r], [ɽ], [ɹ], [ɻ], [ʀ], [ʁ], etc.).

While /ɛ/ and /ɪ/ lost their distinctiveness in pre-rhotic, tautosyllabic positions, the basic distinction back ~ front was maintained in forms such as the following: fern [fɛɹn], General IrE [fərn]; turn [tʌɹn], General IrE [tərn].

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