adjective · rare

emphatic

emphatic · more emphatic · most emphatic

особливий, окремий, чіткий

выделенный, выразительный, эмфатический, категоричный

emphatisch

Characterized by emphasisCharacterized by emphasis; forceful.

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/ɛmˈfætɪk/

» Tom is emphatic.

Tom ist überzeugend.

Том рішучий.

Meaning

7 senses

Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
вырази́тельныйvyrazítelʹnyj, эмфати́ческийemfatíčeskij, выделенныйvydelennyj
spoken with emphasis
Stated with conviction.
He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
категоричныйkategoričnyj
Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
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.
Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).

Examples

3 sentences

Tom is emphatic.
Том рішучий.
deTom ist überzeugend.
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I have pretty much forgotten the emphatic constructions.
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The Guanches, Igwanciyen, have apparently the same accent as the Tuaregs, with the same emphatic intonations of their warm voices.
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Translations

8 languages

Русский

By meaning 3

of emphatic consonants:

characterized by emphasis:

stated with conviction:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

of emphatic consonants:

Origin

From Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós, “emphatic”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I show, pr

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.

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