clitic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈklɪ.tɪk/, X-SAMPA: /"klI.tIk/

  Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Noun

clitic (plural clitics)

1. (linguistics) A morpheme that functions like a word, but appears not as an independent word but always attached to a following or preceding word.

   In English, the possessive -'s is a clitic.

Derived terms

• enclitic
• proclitic

Coordinate terms

• affix

Translations

morpheme attached to another word

• Catalan: clític (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 附著詞素 (cmn), 附着词素 (cmn) (fúzhuò císù)

• Finnish: liitepartikkeli (fi)
• French: clitique (fr) m

• German: Klitikon (de) n
• Icelandic: sníkill (is) m
• Japanese: 接語 (ja) (せつご, setsugo)
• Russian: клитика (ru) (klítika) f
• Spanish: clítico (es) m

See also

• Wikipedia article on clitics