Meaning

3 senses

  1. An emphatic consonant.

  2. A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.

  3. A distinct pronoun form or noun suffix found in certain languages (e.g. Goidelic languages) that is used to place emphasis on the noun or pronoun in order to create contrast with the rest of the sentence.

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is emphatic.

    Том рішучий. — deniko

    deTom ist überzeugend. — Felixjp

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  2. I have pretty much forgotten the emphatic constructions.

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  3. The Guanches, Igwanciyen, have apparently the same accent as the Tuaregs, with the same emphatic intonations of their warm voices.

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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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Forms

plural: emphatics
Singularemphatic
Pluralemphatics

regular

Word family

2 related words
Relatedphaticemphatic pronoun

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
empathyemperorB1emphasisB1emphasizeB1emphaticallyB2emphysemaempireB1empirical
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