klitisch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κλιτικός (klitikós, “inflexional”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪtɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

Examples
we’ve (enclitic) I’d’ve (enclitic) d’you (proclitic) ’tisn’t

clitic (plural clitics)

1. (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).