emphasis

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
  • IPA(key): /ˈɛmfəsɪs/
  • IPA(key): [ˈɛɱfəsɪs], [ˈeɱfəsɪs], [ˈɛɱfəsəs], [ˈeɱfəsəs]
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Noun

emphasis (countable and uncountable, plural emphases)

  1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
    He paused for emphasis before saying who had won.
  2. Special attention or prominence given to something.
    Anglia TV's emphasis is on Norwich and district.
  3. 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.
  4. (typography) Related to bold.
  5. (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”).

Pronunciation

Noun

emphasis f (genitive emphasis); third declension

  1. emphasis

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative emphasis emphasēs
Genitive emphasis emphasum
Dative emphasī emphasibus
Accusative emphasem emphasēs
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
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