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

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

Noun

emphasis (countable and uncountable, plural emphases)

1. Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.

2. Special attention or prominence given to something.

3. Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.

4. (phonology) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
5. (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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Anagrams

• misshape

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈem.pʰa.sis/, [ˈɛmpʰäs̠ɪs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈem.fa.sis/, [ˈɛmfäs̬is]

Noun

emphasis f (genitive emphasis); third declension

1. emphasis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

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.