enclise
French, noun/ɑ̃.kliz/
enclise is spelled E-N-C-L-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written French, the 291,657th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclise is a French feminine noun meaning “enclisis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Existence, genèse ou formation d’un enclitique”.
What does enclise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenclisis
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Existence, genèse ou formation d’un enclitique.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of enclise
- enclises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enclise?
- /ɑ̃.kliz/
- \ɑ̃.kliz\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is enclise in French?
enclise appears about once in every 87 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).