clitic

Meaning

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).

Synonyms

adverb

conjunction

particle

Translations

clitique

clítico

clítico

Klitikon

Stützwort

enclitique

Enklitikon

encliticum

cliticum

clític

Klitikon ''n''

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklɪtɪk/

Etymology

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