ênclise
Portuguese, noun/ˈẽ.kli.zi/
ênclise is spelled Ê-N-C-L-I-S-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese, the 181,777th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ênclise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “enclisis (use of a clitic after a word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocação do pronome átono depois do verbo”.
What does ênclise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineenclisis (use of a clitic after a word)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. colocação do pronome átono depois do verbo
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of ênclise
- ênclises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ênclise?
- Brazil /ˈẽ.kli.zi/
- Portugal /ˈẽ.kli.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ênclise in Portuguese?
ênclise appears about once in every 41 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).