proclitic

English

Etymology

pro- + clitic

Pronunciation

  • 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 pronoun the or to can become a proclitic, t'.

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