emphatic
/ɛmˈfætɪk/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.09 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Stated with conviction.
adj
Belonging to a set of English tense forms comprising the auxiliary verb do plus an infinitive without to.
adj
Relating to an emphatic pronoun, or a noun with an emphatic suffix attached to it.
adj
Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
adj
Belonging to a series of obstruent consonants in several Afro-Asiatic languages that are distinguished by a guttural (co-)articulation.
adj
Referring to the above consonants as well as /ħ/ and /ʕ/ (these being seen as emphatic equivalents of /h/ and /ʔ/).
noun
An emphatic consonant.
Example Sentences
- "Yet when play restarted the Czech was a train that kept on running over Nadal. After breaking Nadal in the opening game of the final set, he went 2-0 up and later took the count to 4-2 with yet another emphatic ace – one of his 22 throughout."
- "He gave me an emphatic no when I asked him out."
- "In Irish, the emphatic form of "mé" is "mise"."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰeh₂-, ἐμφατικός
Inflected Forms
more emphatic (comparative)
most emphatic (superlative)
emphatick (alternative, obsolete)
emphatics (plural)