proclitic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, to lean forward).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/
  • Audio (Southern England):(file)
  • (US) IPA(key): /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk]
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk]
  • Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

proclitic (plural proclitics)

  1. (linguistics) 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'.

Translations

See also

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French proclitique.

Adjective

proclitic m or n (feminine singular proclitică, masculine plural proclitici, feminine and neuter plural proclitice)

  1. proclitic (attributive)

Declension

Declension of proclitic
singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative
indefinite proclitic proclitică proclitici proclitice
definite procliticul proclitica procliticii procliticele
genitive-
dative
indefinite proclitic proclitice proclitici proclitice
definite procliticului procliticei procliticilor procliticelor