emphasis
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I present, I indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
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?)
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important
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special attention or prominence given to something
prominence given to a syllable or words
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AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈem.pʰa.sis/, [ˈɛmpʰäs̠ɪs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈem.fa.sis/, [ˈɛmfäs̬is]
NounEdit
emphasis f (genitive emphasis); third declension
DeclensionEdit
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | emphasis | emphasēs |
Genitive | emphasis | emphasium |
Dative | emphasī | emphasibus |
Accusative | emphasem | emphasēs emphasīs |
Ablative | emphase | emphasibus |
Vocative | emphasis | emphasēs |
ReferencesEdit
- “emphasis”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- emphasis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette