I have pretty much forgotten the emphatic constructions.
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Emphatic
//ɛmˈfætɪk//
Synonyms for "emphatic" (82 found)
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Closest matches (17)
Strong matches (24)
Related words (41)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
4 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesrelated to
15 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 27 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُفَخَّم adj (of emphatic consonants)
Bulgarian
4 entries- емфати́чен adj (characterized by emphasis)
- емфати́чен adj (stated with conviction)
- емфати́чен adj (of emphatic consonants)
- категоричен adj (stated with conviction)
Catalan
1 entries- emfàtic adj (characterized by emphasis)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 強調 /强调 adj (of emphatic consonants)
- 强调 adj (characterized by emphasis)
Czech
1 entries- důrazný adj (characterized by emphasis)
Danish
1 entries- emfatisk adj (characterized by emphasis)
Dutch
4 entries- emfatisch adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfatisch adj (stated with conviction)
- nadrukkelijk adj (characterized by emphasis)
- nadrukkelijk adj (stated with conviction)
French
3 entries- emphatique adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emphatique adj (stated with conviction)
- emphatique adj (of emphatic consonants)
Galician
1 entries- enfático adj (characterized by emphasis)
German
1 entries- emphatisch adj (of emphatic consonants)
Greek
1 entries- κατηγορηματικός adj (characterized by emphasis)
Hebrew
1 entries- נחצי adj (of emphatic consonants)
Hungarian
4 entries- hangsúlyos adj (characterized by emphasis)
- határozott adj (stated with conviction)
- nyomatékos adj (characterized by emphasis)
- nyomatékos adj (stated with conviction)
Ido
4 entries- emfazala adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfazatra adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfazema adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfazoza adj (characterized by emphasis)
Italian
2 entries- accentuato adj (characterized by emphasis)
- enfatico adj (characterized by emphasis)
Japanese
1 entries- 強調 adj (of emphatic consonants)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- emfatisk adj (characterized by emphasis)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- emfatisk adj (characterized by emphasis)
Occitan
1 entries- emfatic adj (characterized by emphasis)
Polish
4 entries- dobitny adj (characterized by emphasis)
- dosadny adj (characterized by emphasis)
- kategoryczny adj (stated with conviction)
- stanowczy adj (stated with conviction)
Portuguese
2 entries- enfático adj (characterized by emphasis)
- enfático adj (of emphatic consonants)
Romanian
3 entries- categoric adj (stated with conviction)
- emfatic adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfatic adj (stated with conviction)
Russian
4 entries- выделенный adj (characterized by emphasis)
- вырази́тельный adj (characterized by emphasis)
- категоричный adj (stated with conviction)
- эмфати́ческий adj (characterized by emphasis)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- làidir adj (characterized by emphasis)
Spanish
3 entries- enfático adj (characterized by emphasis)
- rotundo adj (stated with conviction)
- tajante adj (stated with conviction)
Swedish
2 entries- emfatisk adj (characterized by emphasis)
- emfatisk adj (stated with conviction)
Turkish
4 entries- kesin adj (stated with conviction)
- net adj (stated with conviction)
- vurgulu adj (characterized by emphasis)
- vurgulu adj (stated with conviction)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
Tom is emphatic.
Source: tatoeba (2236678)
He's emphatic.
Source: tatoeba (8477418)
They apparently have the same accent as the Tuaregs, with the same emphatic intonations (warm voices). Igwanciyen, the Guanches, the only Berbers not to have been Islamized. To meditate...
Source: tatoeba (9190048)
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