Definitions For Clitic

Noun

CLITIC (plural CLITICs) (linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but never appears as an independent word, instead being always attached to a following or preceding word (or, in some cases, within a surrounding word).

Hyponyms

linguistics enclitic, endoclitic, mesoclitic, proclitic

Coordinate terms

affix

Derived terms

heteroclitic postclitic proclitic

Etymology

From "inflexional".

Related terms

enclisis endoclisis mesoclisis proclisis

Translations

Catalan: clític, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 附著詞素, sc=Hani, German: Klitikon, n Hebrew: Hungarian: simulószó, klitikum Icelandic: sníkill, m Japanese: 接語 (せつご, setsugo) Mongolian: Norwegian: : Bokmål: klitikon, n : Nynorsk: klitikon, n Polish: klityka, f Portuguese: clítico, m Russian: кли́тика, f Serbo-Croatian: klìtika, f Spanish: clítico, m Swedish: klitikon, n