enclitique
French, noun/ɑ̃.kli.tik/
enclitique is spelled E-N-C-L-I-T-I-Q-U-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 46 million words in written French, the 214,487th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclitique is a French masculine noun meaning “enclitic (clitic which joins with the preceding word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Clitique phonétiquement attaché au mot précédent. Mot qui prend appui sur le mot précédent et forme avec lui…”.
What does enclitique mean in English?
adjective
- 1
enclitic (referring to a clitic which joins with the preceding word)
noun
- 1
masculineenclitic (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Relatif à l’enclitique, mot phonétiquement attaché au précédent.
noun: 1. Clitique phonétiquement attaché au mot précédent. Mot qui prend appui sur le mot précédent et forme avec lui une seule unité accentuelle.
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 enclitique
- enclitiques plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enclitique?
- /ɑ̃.kli.tik/
- \ɑ̃.kli.tik\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enclitique
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enclitique in French?
enclitique appears about once in every 46 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).