Stress

"Stress" in French

contrainte

((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

emphase

(on a point in an argument)

stress

(emotional pressure)

tension

((physics) internal force across a boundary per area)

emphaser

(to emphasise (a syllable))

souligner

(to emphasise (a point))

stresser

(to apply emotional pressure to)

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