"proclitic" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ [UK], /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/ [US], [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk] [US], /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/ [General-Australian], [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk] [General-Australian] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-proclitic.wav Forms: proclitics [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|προκλίνω||to lean forward}} Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} proclitic (plural proclitics)
  1. (linguistics) A clitic that joins with the following word phonetically, graphically, or both. Categories (topical): Linguistics Related terms: clitic, enclitic Translations (clitic which joins with the following word): مُلْحَق (mulḥaq) (Arabic), proclíticu [masculine] (Asturian), proclític [masculine] (Catalan), proklitikon [neuter] (Danish), procliticum [neuter] (Dutch), proclitique [masculine] (French), proklitisch [adjective] (German), Proklitikon [neuter] (German), προκλιτικό (proklitikó) [neuter] (Greek), réamhchlaonán [masculine] (Irish), proclitico [masculine] (Italian), 後接語 (kōsetsugo) (Japanese), proklitikon [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), proklitikon [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), proklityka [feminine] (Polish), проклити́ческий (proklitíčeskij) [adjective] (Russian), прокли́тика (proklítika) [feminine] (Russian), проклитика (proklitika) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), pruclìticu [masculine] (Sicilian), proclítico [masculine] (Spanish), proklitikon [neuter] (Swedish), proclitig [masculine] (Welsh), gogwyddair proclitig [masculine] (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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      ],
      "word": "gogwyddair proclitig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "proclitic"
}

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