1. A clitic that is associated with a following word
   "The indefinite article ‘a’ is a proclitic, a word that wants to merge phonologically with the word that follows it"

1. (grammar) closely attached to the following word and not independently accented
   "In French, 'le' is a proclitic article"

Derived forms: proclitics

Type of: clitic

Encyclopedia: Proclitic