Definitions For Enclitic

Adjective

(not comparable) (grammar) affixed, affixed phonetically.

Translations

Catalan: enclític Chinese: : Mandarin: 附属的 (fùshǔde) Danish: enklitisk Dutch: enclitisch Finnish: enkliittinen French: enclitique German: enklitisch Hungarian: enklitikus, simuló, tapadó Icelandic: viðskeyttur Italian: enclitico Norwegian: : Bokmål: enklitisk : Nynorsk: enklitisk Occitan: enclitic Russian: энклити́ческий Serbo-Croatian: enklitički, m (enklìtički) Swedish: enklitisk

Noun

ENCLITIC (plural ENCLITICs) (linguistics) A clitic that joins with the preceding word phonetically, graphically, or both. :

Related terms

clitic proclitic

Translations

Arabic: مُتَّصِل, مُحَاط Asturian: enclíticu, m Bulgarian: енклитика, f Catalan: enclític, m Chinese: : Mandarin: 附属字 (fùshǔzì) Danish: enklitikon, n Dutch: encliticum, n Finnish: liitepartikkeli, enkliitti German: Enklitikon, n Hungarian: tapadószó, simulószó, enklitikum Icelandic: viðskeyttur, alt=viðskeytt orð, n Indonesian: enklitik Italian: enclitico, n Japanese: 前接語 (zensetsugo, sc=Jpan) Norwegian: : Bokmål: enklitikon, n : Nynorsk: enklitikon, n Polish: enklityka, f Russian: энкли́тика, f Serbo-Croatian: енклитика, f (enklitika) Spanish: enclítico Swedish: enklitikon, n

Etymology

From "inclined towards", from ἐγκλίνω, ἐγκλίνειν, lean on, from ἐν, , upon + κλίνειν, , to lean, incline.

Anagrams

lectinic

Is Enclitic a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
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Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
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Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
16

The word Enclitic is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 16 points in Words with Friends

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