emphatic

English

Alternative forms

• emphatick (obsolete)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikos, “emphatic”), from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (emphasis) (English emphasis), from ἐμφαίνω (emphainō, “I show, present”), from ἐν (en, “in”) + φαίνω (phainō, “I shine, show”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈfætɪk/, X-SAMPA: /Im-fatik/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)

1. Characterized by emphasis.
   • 2012 June 28, Jamie Jackson, “Wimbledon 2012: Lukas Rosol shocked by miracle win over Rafael Nadal”, the Guardian:

     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.

2. Stated with conviction.

   He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

3. belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to
4. (phonology) of obstruent consonants in Semitic languages.

Derived terms

• emphatically

Related terms

• emphasis
• emphasise, emphasize

Translations

characterized by emphasis

• Bulgarian: подчертан (bg) (podčertan)
• Czech: důrazný (cs) m
• Dutch: nadrukkelijk, emfatisch
• French: emphatique (fr) m and f
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• Greek: κατηγορηματικός (el) (katigorimatikós) 
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can

• Russian: выразительный (ru) (vyrazítel’nyj) , эмфатический (ru) (emfatíčeskij) , выделенный (ru) (vydelennyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: làidir (gd)
• Spanish: enfático (es)
• Swedish: emfatisk (sv)
• Turkish: vurgulu (tr)

stated with conviction

• Bulgarian: категоричен (bg) (kategoričen)
• Dutch: nadrukkelijk, emfatisch
• French: emphatique (fr) m and f

• Spanish: rotundo (es), tajante (es)
• Swedish: emfatisk (sv)
• Turkish: vurgulu (tr), net (tr), kesin (tr)

belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb 'do' + an infinitive without 'to'

of emphatic consonants

• Arabic: مشدد (ar) (musháddad)
• Bulgarian: ударен (bg) (udaren)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 強調 (cmn), 强调 (cmn) (qiángdiào)

• French: emphatique (fr) m and f

• German: emphatisch (de)
• Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 強調 (ja) (きょうちょう, kyōchō)
• Russian: эмфатический (ru) (emfatíčeskij) 

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• Georgian: გამომსახველი (ka) (gamomsaxveli) 

Noun

emphatic (plural emphatics)

1. (phonology) an emphatic consonant

See also

• phatic

Anagrams

• empathic