emphase

See also: Emphase

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.faz/

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• Hyphenation: em‧phase

Noun

emphase f (plural emphases)

1. bombast, pomposity, grandiloquence

Related terms

• emphatique
• emphatiser

Descendants

• German: Emphase

Further reading

• “emphase”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.