1. relating to or being a word that is closely attached to and pronounced with the following word
Usage: linguistics

1. a word that is closely attached to and pronounced with the following word
Usage: linguistics

Examples

• The article ‘the’ is often proclitic in English.
• In many languages, certain prepositions are proclitic elements.
• A proclitic loses its stress and attaches to the next word.
• The linguist identified several proclitics in the sentence.
• Proclitics form a phonological unit with their host word.
• The proclitic ‘de’ in Spanish often merges with the following noun.