"phatic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈfætɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phatic.wav Forms: more phatic [comparative], most phatic [superlative]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|φατός||spoken}} Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} phatic (comparative more phatic, superlative most phatic)
  1. (linguistics) Pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship. Categories (topical): Linguistics Derived forms: phatic communion Related terms: emphatic, platitude Translations (pertaining to words used to convey any kind of social relationship): fàtic (Catalan), fatisch (Dutch), faattinen (Finnish), phatique (French), fatis (Indonesian), fatyczny (Polish), fático (Portuguese), fático (Spanish), fatisk (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-phatic-en-adj-kvLIgzZO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 75 25 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 78 22 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 66 34 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfætɪk/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-phatic.wav Forms: phatics [plural]
Rhymes: -ætɪk Etymology: From Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”) - from φημί (phēmí, “I say”) - + -ic. Probably formally influenced by emphatic, which predates this term. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|grc|φατός||spoken}} Ancient Greek φατός (phatós, “spoken”), {{suffix|en||ic}} + -ic Head templates: {{en-noun}} phatic (plural phatics)
  1. (linguistics) A phatic utterance. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-phatic-en-noun-7gY-CWne Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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