Betekenis (Engels)
- (countable, uncountable) Special weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
- (countable, uncountable) Special attention or prominence given to something.
- (countable, uncountable) Prominence given to a syllable or words, by raising the voice or printing in italic or underlined type.
- (countable, uncountable) The phonetic or phonological feature that distinguishes emphatic consonants from other consonants.
- (countable, uncountable) The use of boldface, italics, or other such formatting to highlight text.
Sinonieme
tonic accent
stressed point
important point
lay stress on
Vertalings
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈɛmfəsɪs/
Etimologie (Engels)
From Latin emphasis, from Ancient Greek ἔμφασις (émphasis, “significance”), from ἐμφαίνω (emphaínō, “I present, I indicate”), from ἐν- (en-, “in”) + φαίνω (phaínō, “I show”).
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