emphatique

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐμφατικός (emphatikós). By surface analysis, emphase +‎ -ique with -t- /t/ replacing -se /z/.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.fa.tik/

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Adjective

emphatique (plural emphatiques)

1. (of a person's modes of expression)
   1. exaggerated (marked by exaggeration)

      Synonyms: démesuré, exagéré, immodéré

   2. inflated, pompous, pretentious, pedantic (marked by unnatural linguistic inflation meant to make what is communicated seem more intelligent)

      Synonyms: académique, apprêté, boursouflé, grandiloquent, pédantesque, pompeux, prétentieux, ronflant, sentencieux

2. (phonetics, linguistics) emphatic (characterized by emphasis)

References

• “emphatique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “emphatique” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “emphatique” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.