Definitions For Heteroclitic

Noun

HETEROCLITIC (plural HETEROCLITICs) A #english, heteroclitic noun.

Related terms

heteroclisis heteroclite

Adjective

(linguistics) In linguistics, particularly indo-european Studies, signifying a stem which alternates between more than one form when declined for grammatical case. Examples of heteroclitic noun stems in Proto-Indo-European include *wod-r/n- "water" (nominoaccusative *wódr; genitive *udnés; locative *udén) and *yékw-r/n- "liver" (nominoaccusative *yékwr, genitive *ikwnés). In Proto-Indo-European, heteroclitic stems tend to be noun stems with grammatically inanimate gender. (microbiology) Pertaining to antibody, antibodies that react to a wide variety of antigens.

Related terms

heteroclite heteroclitical

Translations

{{trans-top}} French: hétéroclite German: heteroklitisch Italian: eteroclito Latin: heteroclitus, heterocliticus Russian: разносклоняемый

Etymology

hetero + clitic.

Is Heteroclitic a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US NO
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

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19
Words with Friends
21

The word Heteroclitic is worth 19 points in Scrabble and 21 points in Words with Friends

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