Romanian is the only Romance language in which the definite article is enclitic.
Source: tatoeba (9011771)
Enclitic
//ɪnˈklɪtɪk//
Synonyms for "enclitic" (31 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (15)
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Related terms
2 entriesderived
2 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
4 entriesTranslations
60 translations across 32 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐγκλιτικός adj (affixed phonetically)
Arabic
2 entries- مُتَّصِل noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
- مُحَاط noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Asturian
1 entries- enclíticu noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Bulgarian
1 entries- енклитика noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Catalan
2 entries- enclític adj (affixed phonetically)
- enclític noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 附属的 adj (affixed phonetically)
- 後附語素 /后附语素 noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
- 附属字 noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Czech
1 entries- enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Danish
2 entries- enklitisk adj (affixed phonetically)
- enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Dutch
2 entries- enclitisch adj (affixed phonetically)
- encliticum noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Finnish
3 entries- enkliittinen adj (affixed phonetically)
- enkliitti noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
- liitepartikkeli noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
French
1 entries- enclitique adj (affixed phonetically)
German
2 entries- enklitisch adj (affixed phonetically)
- Enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Greek
2 entries- εγκλιτικός adj (affixed phonetically)
- εγκλιτικό noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Hungarian
4 entries- csüggő adj (affixed phonetically)
- enklitikus adj (affixed phonetically)
- simuló adj (affixed phonetically)
- tapadó adj (affixed phonetically)
Icelandic
1 entries- viðskeyttur adj (affixed phonetically)
Indonesian
1 entries- enklitik noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Irish
1 entries- iarchlaonán noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Italian
3 entries- enclitica adj (affixed phonetically)
- enclitico adj (affixed phonetically)
- enclitica noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Japanese
1 entries- 前接語 noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Latin
2 entries- encliticus adj (affixed phonetically)
- encliticum noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- enklitisk adj (affixed phonetically)
- enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- enklitisk adj (affixed phonetically)
- enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Occitan
1 entries- enclitic adj (affixed phonetically)
Pohnpeian
1 entries- enklidik noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Polish
1 entries- enklityka noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Portuguese
1 entries- enclítico adj (affixed phonetically)
Russian
2 entries- энклити́ческий adj (affixed phonetically)
- энкли́тика noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- enklitički (enklìtički) adj (affixed phonetically)
- енклитика noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Sicilian
1 entries- nclìticu noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Spanish
2 entries- enclítico adj (affixed phonetically)
- enclítico noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Swedish
2 entries- enklitisk adj (affixed phonetically)
- enklitikon noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Welsh
3 entries- enclitig adj (affixed phonetically)
- enclitig noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
- gogwyddair enclitig noun (clitic which joins with the preceding word)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
The pronominal suffixes produce no change, because they are merely enclitic pronouns and have no accent.
Source: tatoeba (11578325)
The English possessive 's is an enclitic.
Source: wiktionary
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