próclise
Portuguese, noun/ˈpɾɔ.kli.zi/
próclise is spelled P-R-Ó-C-L-I-S-E (8 letters) and appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese, the 153,088th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Próclise is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “proclisis (use of a clitic before a word)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “colocação do pronome átono antes do verbo”.
What does próclise mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineproclisis (use of a clitic before 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 antes 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 próclise
- próclises plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce próclise?
- Brazil /ˈpɾɔ.kli.zi/
- Portugal /ˈpɾɔ.kli.zɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is próclise in Portuguese?
próclise appears about once in every 28 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).