Dictionary

proclitic en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk] (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ (US)
• /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/ (Australia)
• [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk] (Australia)
• /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ (UK)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.

Meanings

1. A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both.
   • In dialectal or poetic English, the article the or preposition to can become the proclitic t'.

Forms

Deriveds

proclitically

Relateds

mesoclitic · endoclitic · clitic · enclitic

Translations (27)

ar مُلْحَق (clitic which joins with the following word) · sv proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · pl proklityka (clitic which joins with the following word) · cy gogwyddair proclitig (clitic which joins with the following word) · cmn 前附語素 /前附语素 (clitic which joins with the following word) · cy proclitig (clitic which joins with the following word) · ja 後接語 (clitic which joins with the following word) · fi prokliitti (clitic which joins with the following word) · fr proclitique (clitic which joins with the following word) · it proclitico (clitic which joins with the following word) · pt proclítico (clitic which joins with the following word) · ca proclític (clitic which joins with the following word) · scn pruclìticu (clitic which joins with the following word) · ru проклити́ческий (clitic which joins with the following word) · nb proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · da proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · sh проклитика (clitic which joins with the following word) · ga réamhchlaonán (clitic which joins with the following word) · ru прокли́тика (clitic which joins with the following word) · el προκλιτικό (clitic which joins with the following word) · de Proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · es proclítico (clitic which joins with the following word) · nn proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · cs proklitikon (clitic which joins with the following word) · ast proclíticu (clitic which joins with the following word) · de proklitisch (clitic which joins with the following word) · nl procliticum (clitic which joins with the following word)