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• UK: /ˈɛm.fə.saɪz/
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• UK: [ˈɛɱ.fə.saɪz]
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• CMU ARPABET: EH1 M F AH0 S AY2 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Latin, from Ancient Greek – see emphasis.

92 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: شَدَّدَ (šaddada) — stress
• Basque: azpimarratu — stress
• Belarusian: падкрэ́сліваць (padkréslivacʹ) — stress
• Belarusian: падкрэ́сліць (padkréslicʹ) — stress
• Belarusian: акцэнтава́ць (akcentavácʹ) — stress
• Bulgarian: подчерта́вам (podčertávam) — stress
• Bulgarian: подчерта́я (podčertája) — stress
• Bulgarian: изтъ́квам (iztǎ́kvam) — stress
• Bulgarian: изтъ́кна (iztǎ́kna) — stress
• Catalan: emfatitzar — stress
• Chinese Mandarin: 強調 /强调 (qiángdiào) — stress
• Chinese Mandarin: 著重 (zhuózhòng) — stress
• Chinese Mandarin: 着重 (zhuózhòng) — stress
• Czech: zdůrazňovat — stress
• Czech: zdůraznit — stress
• Danish: betone — stress
• Danish: understrege — stress
• Dutch: benadrukken — stress
• Dutch: beklemtonen — stress
• Esperanto: akcenti — stress
• Esperanto: emfazi — stress
• Finnish: painottaa — stress
• Finnish: korostaa — stress
• Finnish: tähdentää — stress
• French: souligner — stress
• French: accentuer — stress
• German: betonen — stress
• German: unterstreichen — stress
• German: hervorheben — stress
• German: akzentuieren — stress
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (ypogrammízo) — stress
• Hungarian: hangsúlyoz — stress
• Hungarian: nyomatékosít — stress
• Hungarian: kiemel — stress
• Hungarian: aláhúz — stress
• Icelandic: leggja áherslu á — stress
• Ido: emfazar — stress
• Irish: béim a chur ar — stress
• Italian: enfatizzare — stress
• Italian: sottolineare — stress
• Italian: evidenziare — stress
• Japanese: 強調する (kyōchō suru) — stress
• Japanese: アクセントをつける (akusento o tsukeru) — stress
• Kazakh: қадап айту (qadap aitu) — stress
• Kazakh: баса көрсету (basa körsetu) — stress
• Khmer: សង្កត់ធ្ងន់ (sɑɑngkɑt thngŭən) — stress
• Korean: 강조(强調)하다 (gangjohada) — stress
• Lao: ເນັ້ນ (nen) — stress
• Macedonian: истакнува (istaknuva) — stress
• Macedonian: истакне (istakne) — stress
• Macedonian: нагласува (naglasuva) — stress
• Macedonian: нагласи (naglasi) — stress
• Māori: miramira — stress
• Māori: kōhure — stress
• Māori: whakatairanga — stress
• Norwegian Bokmål: understreke — stress
• Norwegian Bokmål: utheve — stress
• Persian: تأکید کردن (ta'kid kardan) — stress
• Polish: podkreślać — stress
• Polish: podkreślić — stress
• Portuguese: enfatizar — stress
• Punjabi: ਜੋਰ ਦੇਣਾ (jor deṇā) — stress
• Romanian: puncta — stress
• Romanian: accentua — stress
• Romanian: releva — stress
• Russian: подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) — stress
• Russian: подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) — stress
• Serbo-Croatian: наглаша́вати — stress
• Serbo-Croatian: нагла́сити — stress
• Serbo-Croatian: naglašávati — stress
• Serbo-Croatian: naglásiti — stress
• Slovak: zdôrazňovať — stress
• Slovak: zdôrazniť — stress
• Slovene: poudáriti — stress
• Spanish: enfatizar — stress
• Spanish: hacer hincapié — stress
• Spanish: recalcar — stress
• Spanish: incidir — stress
• Swedish: betona — stress
• Swedish: understryka — stress
• Tagalog: bigyang-diin — stress
• Thai: เน้น (nén) — stress
• Thai: เน้นย้ํา — stress
• Thai: ย้ํา (yám) — stress
• Turkish: vurgulamak — stress
• Ukrainian: підкре́слювати (pidkrésljuvaty) — stress
• Ukrainian: підкре́слити (pidkréslyty) — stress
• Ukrainian: акцентува́ти (akcentuváty) — stress
• Ukrainian: наголо́шувати (naholóšuvaty) — stress
• Ukrainian: наголоси́ти (naholosýty) — stress
• Uzbek: ta’kidlamoq — stress
• Vietnamese: nhấn mạnh — stress