clonic
/ˈklɑ.nɪk/adjective
clonic is an adjective meaning “Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled C-L-O-N-I-C and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does clonic mean?
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to clonus; having irregular, convulsive spasms.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce clonic?
- UK /ˈklɒn.ɪk/
- US /ˈklɑ.nɪk/
Clonic has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of clonic
- more clonic comparative
- most clonic superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is clonic?
Clonic appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Clonic in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense having irregular, convulsive spasms:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does clonic come from?
From clonus + -ic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).