emphase

/ɑ̃faz/

la noun B2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. emphasis

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

accent

Close — "accent" can mean emphasis too, as in "to accent a syllable."

Similar in other languages

Spanish

énfasis

énfasis is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "emphasis."

Practice

1 What does emphase mean?

2 Fill the gap: Le cours met l'___ sur la grammaire.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches emphase?

noun

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