Meanings
nounproclitic (plural proclitics)
plural proclitics
- human sciencesA 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.
Origin
- Ancient Greekπροκλίνω“to lean forward”
- Englishproclitic
From Ancient Greek προκλίνω (proklínō, “to lean forward”). By surface analysis, from pro- + clitic.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُلْحَق
- مُلْحَق (mulḥaq)clitic which joins with the following word
Catalan proclític
- proclíticclitic which joins with the following word
Chinese Mandarin 前附語素 /前附语素
- 前附語素 /前附语素clitic which joins with the following word
Czech proklitikon
- proklitikonclitic which joins with the following word
Danish proklitikon
- proklitikonclitic which joins with the following word
Dutch procliticum
- procliticumclitic which joins with the following word
Finnish prokliitti
- prokliitticlitic which joins with the following word
French proclitique
- proclitiqueclitic which joins with the following word
German proklitisch, Proklitikon
- proklitischclitic which joins with the following word
- Proklitikonclitic which joins with the following word
Greek προκλιτικό
- προκλιτικό (proklitikó)clitic which joins with the following word
Irish réamhchlaonán
- réamhchlaonánclitic which joins with the following word
Italian proclitico
- procliticoclitic which joins with the following word
Japanese 後接語
- 後接語 (kōsetsugo)clitic which joins with the following word
Norwegian Bokmål proklitikon
- proklitikonclitic which joins with the following word
Polish proklityka
- proklitykaclitic which joins with the following word
Portuguese proclítico
- proclíticoclitic which joins with the following word
Russian проклити́ческий, прокли́тика
- проклити́ческий (proklitíčeskij)clitic which joins with the following word
- прокли́тика (proklítika)clitic which joins with the following word
Spanish proclítico
- proclíticoclitic which joins with the following word
Swedish proklitikon
- proklitikonclitic which joins with the following word
Welsh proclitig, gogwyddair proclitig
- proclitigclitic which joins with the following word
- gogwyddair proclitigclitic which joins with the following word
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with proclitic
criticanalyticcatalyticSemiticparalyticcliticgranulocyticdiacriticUgariticchondriticencliticneriticamylohydrolyticanti-semiticaphaniticArvaniticautolyticbiolyticdialyticEthiosemiticHadramitichelicitichepatiticHimyaritic
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
proclitic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclitic
MLA
“proclitic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclitic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “proclitic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/proclitic.
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