emphasis
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English
Etymology
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I present, I indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
Pronunciation
Noun
emphasis (countable and uncountable, plural emphases)
- Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
- Special attention or prominence given to something.
- Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
- Put emphasis on the advantages rather than the drawbacks.
- Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
- He used a yellow highlighter to indicate where to give emphasis in his speech.
- (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
- (typography) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
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Translations
special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
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special attention or prominence given to something
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prominence given to a syllable or words, whether in speech or in printing
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phonology: the phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants
typography: the use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text
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Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈem.pʰa.sis/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈem.fa.sis/,
Noun
emphasis f (genitive emphasis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | emphasis | emphasēs |
| genitive | emphasis | emphasium |
| dative | emphasī | emphasibus |
| accusative | emphasem | emphasēs emphasīs |
| ablative | emphase | emphasibus |
| vocative | emphasis | emphasēs |
References
- “emphasis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- emphasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.