emphatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪm-/
- /əmˈfætək/ weak vowel merger
- /ɛmˈfætɪk/
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I shine, show”); related to ἔμφασις (émphasis) and English emphasis.
Meanings
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Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout.
2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, in the Guardian:
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Stated with conviction.
He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
- Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
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Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".
- Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation. ▸ Phrayngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, other Northwest Semitic languages, and Berber languages.
- Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation. ▸ Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
- (qualifier:archaic except in layman’s use) Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most emphatic | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more emphatic | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| emphatick | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
emphatic state · emphaticness · emphatically · emphatic pronoun · unemphatic · overemphatic · nonemphatic · emphatical
Relateds
emphasis · emphasise · emphasize
Synonyms
Translations (68)
ru категоричный (stated with conviction) · bg ударен (of emphatic consonants) · ro emfatic (stated with conviction) · bg категоричен (stated with conviction) · ru вырази́тельный (characterized by emphasis) · tr kesin (stated with conviction) · pl dobitny (characterized by emphasis) · bg емфати́чен (characterized by emphasis) · cmn 強調 /强调 (of emphatic consonants) · bg емфати́чен (of emphatic consonants) · sv emfatisk (stated with conviction) · nb emfatisk (characterized by emphasis) · cs důrazný (characterized by emphasis) · pt enfático (of emphatic consonants) · ar مُفَخَّم (of emphatic consonants) · fr emphatique (characterized by emphasis) · bg подчертан (characterized by emphasis) · nl nadrukkelijk (stated with conviction) · ro emfatic (characterized by emphasis) · el εμφατικός (characterized by emphasis) · es tajante (stated with conviction) · ja 強調 (of emphatic consonants) · hu nyomatékos (stated with conviction) · ru эмфати́ческий (characterized by emphasis) · hu hangsúlyos (characterized by emphasis) · nl emfatisch (characterized by emphasis) · oc emfatic (characterized by emphasis) · pt enfático (characterized by emphasis) · tr vurgulu (characterized by emphasis) · ru выделенный (characterized by emphasis) · gl enfático (characterized by emphasis) · pl kategoryczny (stated with conviction) · tr net (stated with conviction) · nn emfatisk (characterized by emphasis) · it enfatico (characterized by emphasis) · pl dosadny (characterized by emphasis) · pl stanowczy (stated with conviction) · nl emfatisch (stated with conviction) · gd làidir (characterized by emphasis) · bg емфати́чен (stated with conviction) · ro categoric (stated with conviction) · fi päättäväinen (stated with conviction) · io emfazala (characterized by emphasis) · hu világos (stated with conviction) · hu nyomatékos (characterized by emphasis) · cmn 强调 (characterized by emphasis) · fr emphatique (of emphatic consonants) · he נחצי (of emphatic consonants) · ca emfàtic (characterized by emphasis) · it accentuato (characterized by emphasis) · da emfatisk (characterized by emphasis) · fr emphatique (stated with conviction) · fi painokas (characterized by emphasis) · nl nadrukkelijk (characterized by emphasis) · io emfazema (characterized by emphasis) · tr vurgulu (stated with conviction) · io emfazatra (characterized by emphasis) · el κατηγορηματικός (characterized by emphasis) · de emphatisch (of emphatic consonants) · pl wyraźny (characterized by emphasis) · io emfazoza (characterized by emphasis) · ru эмфати́ческий (of emphatic consonants) · hu határozott (stated with conviction) · es rotundo (stated with conviction) · fi painokas (stated with conviction) · es enfático (characterized by emphasis) · fi korostava (characterized by emphasis) · sv emfatisk (characterized by emphasis)