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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.
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Adjective
emphatic (comparative more emphatic, superlative most emphatic)
- Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
- Synonym: pointed
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- Stated with conviction.
He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
- (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
- (grammar) Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".
- (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
- Antonym: plain
- 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.
- (phonology, 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/).
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characterized by emphasis
- Bulgarian: подчертан (bg) (podčertan), емфати́чен (bg) (emfatíčen)
- Catalan: emfàtic (ca)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 强调 (zh) (qiáng diào)
- Czech: důrazný
- Danish: emfatisk
- Dutch: nadrukkelijk (nl), emfatisch (nl)
- Finnish: korostava (fi), painokas (fi)
- French: emphatique (fr)
- Galician: enfático (gl)
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- Greek: κατηγορηματικός (el) (katigorimatikós), εμφατικός (el) (emfatikós)
- Hungarian: hangsúlyos (hu), nyomatékos (hu)
- Ido: emfazala (io), emfazoza (io), emfazatra (io), emfazema
- Italian: enfatico (it), accentuato (it)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: emfatisk
- Nynorsk: emfatisk
- Occitan: emfatic (oc)
- Polish: dobitny (pl), dosadny (pl), wyraźny (pl)
- Portuguese: enfático (pt)
- Romanian: emfatic (ro)
- Russian: вырази́тельный (ru) (vyrazítelʹnyj), эмфати́ческий (ru) (emfatíčeskij), выделенный (ru) (vydelennyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: làidir
- Spanish: enfático (es)
- Swedish: emfatisk (sv)
- Turkish: vurgulu (tr)
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stated with conviction
- Bulgarian: категоричен (bg) (kategoričen), емфати́чен (bg) (emfatíčen)
- Dutch: nadrukkelijk (nl), emfatisch (nl)
- Finnish: painokas (fi), päättäväinen (fi)
- French: emphatique (fr)
- Hungarian: nyomatékos (hu), határozott (hu), világos (hu)
- Polish: kategoryczny (pl), stanowczy (pl)
- Romanian: emfatic (ro), categoric (ro)
- Russian: категоричный (ru) (kategoričnyj)
- Spanish: rotundo (es), tajante (es)
- Swedish: emfatisk (sv)
- Turkish: vurgulu (tr), net (tr), kesin (tr)
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belonging to set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb 'do' + an infinitive without 'to' Translations to be checked Noun
emphatic (plural emphatics)
- (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
- (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
- (grammar) 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.
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