CLITIC


Meaning of CLITIC in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈkli-tik ]

noun

Etymology: en clitic or pro clitic

Date: 1946

: a word that is treated in pronunciation as forming a part of a neighboring word and that is often unaccented or contracted

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.