RHOTIC

(of an english accent) that allows the phoneme /ɹ/ even when not followed by a vowel, as in bar (/bɑːɹ/) and bard or barred (/bɑːɹd/); (of an english speaker) who speaks with such an accent.

Example: "Rhotic speech is common in ireland, scotland, much of the united states, canada, west country england, and many parts of the north and west of england."

(of a phoneme) having a sound quality associated with the letter r; having the sound of any of certain ipa symbols, including /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ɚ/, /ɝ/ and /r/.

Example: "In the ipa, a rhotic vowel (aka r-coloured vowel, retroflex vowel, vocalic r or rhotacised vowel) is indicated by the affixing of a hook diacritic ( ˞ ) to the right of the regular symbol for the vowel. the rhotic consonants are /r/, /ɾ/, /ɹ/, /ɻ/, /ʀ/, /ʁ/, /ɽ/ and /ɺ/."