emphatic

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɪmˈfætɪk/
• (weak vowel) IPA: /əmˈfætək/

Adjective

emphatic

1. Characterized by emphasis; forceful.
2. Stated with conviction.

   He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out.

3. (grammar) Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do + an infinitive without to.
4. (phonology) Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Semitic languages that are distinguished from both voiced and voiceless consonants by a certain phonetic feature or features.
   1. pharyngealized consonants in Arabic, Hebrew, and other Northwest Semitic languages
   2. ejectives in Ge'ez, Amharic, and other Ethiopic Semitic languages

Related terms

• emphasis
• emphasise, emphasize

Translations

• French: emphatique
• Portuguese: enfático
• Russian: вырази́тельный
• Spanish: enfático

Translations

• French: emphatique
• Russian: категоричный
• Spanish: rotundo, tajante

Translations

• French: emphatique
• German: emphatisch
• Portuguese: enfático
• Russian: эмфати́ческий

Noun

emphatic (plural emphatics)

1. (phonology) An emphatic consonant.
2. (linguistics) A word or phrase adding emphasis, such as "a lot" or "really".

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