proclitic

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəʊˈklɪt.ɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /pɹoʊˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹoʊˈklɪɾ.ɪk]
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /pɹəʉˈklɪt.ɪk/, [pɹəʉˈklɪɾ.ɪk]
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

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 a proclitic, t'.

• clitic
• enclitic

• Wikipedia article on clitics

Borrowed from French proclitique.

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

1. proclitic (attributive)