adj
Meaning 1
Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
emphatic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ɛmˈfætɪk/
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/ɪm-/
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/əmˈfætək/ weak vowel merger
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rhymes with -ætɪk
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CMU ARPABET: EH0 M F AE1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Stated with conviction.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.
Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adj
Meaning 4
Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
Examples
- In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise".
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adj
Meaning 5
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Antonyms: plain
adj
Meaning 6
Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
Ejective consonants in Ge'ez, Amharic, other Ethiopic Semitic languages, Chadic and Cushitic languages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: plain
adj
Meaning 7
Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic except in layman’s use
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 8
An emphatic consonant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 9
A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as a lot or really.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Meaning 10
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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adjective satellite
Meaning 11
forceful and definite in expression or action
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the document contained a particularly emphatic guarantee of religious liberty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: forceful
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 12
sudden and strong
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an emphatic no
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exclamatory
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 13
spoken with emphasis
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- an emphatic word
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: emphasized, emphasised
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
Across languages
Translations
63 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: подчертан (podčertan) — characterized by emphasis
- Bulgarian: емфати́чен (emfatíčen) — characterized by emphasis
- Catalan: emfàtic — characterized by emphasis
- Chinese Mandarin: 强调 (qiáng diào) — characterized by emphasis
- Czech: důrazný — characterized by emphasis
- Danish: emfatisk — characterized by emphasis
- Dutch: nadrukkelijk — characterized by emphasis
- Dutch: emfatisch — characterized by emphasis
- French: emphatique — characterized by emphasis
- Galician: enfático — characterized by emphasis
- Greek: κατηγορηματικός (katigorimatikós) — characterized by emphasis
- Hungarian: hangsúlyos — characterized by emphasis
- Hungarian: nyomatékos — characterized by emphasis
- Ido: emfazala — characterized by emphasis
- Ido: emfazoza — characterized by emphasis
- Ido: emfazatra — characterized by emphasis
- Ido: emfazema — characterized by emphasis
- Italian: enfatico — characterized by emphasis
- Italian: accentuato — characterized by emphasis
- Norwegian Bokmål: emfatisk — characterized by emphasis
- Norwegian Nynorsk: emfatisk — characterized by emphasis
- Occitan: emfatic — characterized by emphasis
- Polish: dobitny — characterized by emphasis
- Polish: dosadny — characterized by emphasis
- Polish: wyraźny — characterized by emphasis
- Portuguese: enfático — characterized by emphasis
- Romanian: emfatic — characterized by emphasis
- Russian: вырази́тельный (vyrazítelʹnyj) — characterized by emphasis
- Russian: эмфати́ческий (emfatíčeskij) — characterized by emphasis
- Russian: выделенный (vydelennyj) — characterized by emphasis
- Scottish Gaelic: làidir — characterized by emphasis
- Spanish: enfático — characterized by emphasis
- Swedish: emfatisk — characterized by emphasis
- Turkish: vurgulu — characterized by emphasis
- Bulgarian: категоричен (kategoričen) — stated with conviction
- Bulgarian: емфати́чен (emfatíčen) — stated with conviction
- Dutch: nadrukkelijk — stated with conviction
- Dutch: emfatisch — stated with conviction
- French: emphatique — stated with conviction
- Hungarian: nyomatékos — stated with conviction
- Hungarian: határozott — stated with conviction
- Hungarian: világos — stated with conviction
- Polish: kategoryczny — stated with conviction
- Polish: stanowczy — stated with conviction
- Romanian: emfatic — stated with conviction
- Romanian: categoric — stated with conviction
- Russian: категоричный (kategoričnyj) — stated with conviction
- Spanish: rotundo — stated with conviction
- Spanish: tajante — stated with conviction
- Swedish: emfatisk — stated with conviction
- Turkish: vurgulu — stated with conviction
- Turkish: net — stated with conviction
- Turkish: kesin — stated with conviction
- Arabic: مُفَخَّم (mufaḵḵam) — of emphatic consonants
- Bulgarian: ударен (udaren) — of emphatic consonants
- Bulgarian: емфати́чен (emfatíčen) — of emphatic consonants
- Chinese Mandarin: 強調 /强调 (qiángdiào) — of emphatic consonants
- French: emphatique — of emphatic consonants
- German: emphatisch — of emphatic consonants
- Hebrew: נחצי (nakhatsí) — of emphatic consonants
- Japanese: 強調 (kyōchō) — of emphatic consonants
- Portuguese: enfático — of emphatic consonants
- Russian: эмфати́ческий (emfatíčeskij) — of emphatic consonants