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/, SAMPA: /Im-fatik/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)

1. Characterized by emphasis.
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) Czech: důrazný (cs) m. Dutch: nadrukkelijk, emfatisch French: emphatique (fr) m. and f. Russian: выразительный (ru) (vyrazítel’nyj), эмфатический (ru) (emfatíčeskij), выделенный (ru)

Scottish Gaelic: làidir (gd) Spanish: enfático (es) Swedish: emfatisk (sv) Turkish: vurgulu (tr)

stated with conviction

Bulgarian: категоричен (bg) 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) 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)

Noun

emphatic (plural emphatics)

1. (phonology) an emphatic consonant

See also

• phatic

Anagrams

• empathic