PHATIC

Meaning of PHATIC in English

[ 'fatɪk ]

■ adjective (of language) used for general social interaction rather than to convey specific meaning, e.g. nice morning, isn't it?

Origin

1920s: from Gk phatos 'spoken' or phatikos 'affirming'.

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PHATIC — adjective Etymology: Greek phatos, verbal of phanai to speak Date: 1922 of, relating to, or being speech used for social …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHATIC — ˈfad.ik, -atik, -ēk adjective Etymology: Greek phatos spoken (from phanai to speak, say) + English -ic — more at ban …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PHATIC — /fat"ik/ , adj. denoting speech used to express or create an atmosphere of shared feelings, goodwill, or sociability rather than …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHATIC — adjective Etymology: Greek phatos, verbal of phanai to speak Date: 1922 : of, relating to, or being speech used for …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PHATIC — [phat.ic] adj [Gk phatos, verbal of phanai to speak] (1923): of, relating to, or being speech used for social or …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PHATIC — phatic BrE AmE ˈfæt ɪk AmE \ ˈfæt̬ ɪk
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
PHATIC — adjective / ˈfætɪk; NAmE / adjective ( linguistics ) relating to language used for social purposes rather than to give …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PHATIC — adj. (of speech etc.) used to convey general sociability rather than to communicate a specific meaning, e.g. 'nice morning, isn't …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PHATIC — adj. (of speech etc.) used to convey general sociability rather than to communicate a specific meaning, e.g. 'nice morning, isn't …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PHATIC — adj. (of speech etc.) used to convey general sociability rather than to communicate a specific meaning, e.g. 'nice morning, isn't …
Oxford English vocab
PHATIC — adj. Pronunciation: ' fa-tik Function: adjective Etymology: Greek phatos, verbal of phanai to speak Date: 1922 : of, relating to, …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PHATICALLY — adverb see: phatic
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
PHATICALLY — adverb see phatic
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALIESTERASE — ¦alē¦estəˌrās, -āz noun Etymology: ali phatic + esterase : an esterase that promotes the hydrolysis of ester links especially in …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PRESCIENCE — ˈprē]sh(ē)ən(t)s, ˈpre], ]s(ē)-\ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia, from Latin praescient-, praesciens + -ia …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALICYCLIC — |alə|- adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ali phatic + cyclic; originally formed as German alizyklisch : combining the properties of …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ALICYCLIC — /al'euh suy"klik, -sik"lik/ , adj. Chem. of or noting organic compounds essentially aliphatic in chemical behavior but differing structurally in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PHATICALLY — see phatic
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ALICYCLIC — adjective Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary ali phatic + cyclic Date: 1891 : of, relating to, or being an organic compound …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DYSPHASIA — n. Med. lack of coordination in speech, owing to brain damage. øødysphasic adj. [Gk dusphatos hard to utter (as DYS-, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DYSPHASIA — n. Med. lack of coordination in speech, owing to brain damage. dysphasic adj. [ Gk dusphatos hard to utter (as …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DYSPHASIA — n. Med. lack of coordination in speech, owing to brain damage. Derivatives: dysphasic adj. Etymology: Gk dusphatos hard to utter …
Oxford English vocab
WITHOUT RHYME OR REASON — Synonyms and related words : absonant, aimless, arbitrarily, capriciously, contradictory, contrary to reason, designless, empty, fallacious, fancifully, faulty, flawed, flightily, …
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SENSELESS
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SCRAMBLED — Synonyms and related words : aimless, amalgamated, ambiguous, ambivalent, amphibious, beyond one, blended, combined, complex, complicated, composite, compound, compounded, conglomerate, …
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PURPOSELESS — Synonyms and related words : aimless, bootless, casual, causeless, designless, desultory, discursive, disorganized, driftless, dysteleological, empty, feckless, fustian, garbled, good-for-nothing, …
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NULLITY — Synonyms and related words : a little thing, absence, aimlessness, cipher, dead letter, deprivation, dud, dummy, emptiness, empty sound, futility, …
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NULL — Synonyms and related words : aimless, bad, bare, barren, bland, blank, bleached, characterless, clear, designless, devoid, empty, existless, featureless, garbled, …
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NOISE
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MEANINGLESS — Synonyms and related words : absurd, aimless, amorphous, asinine, blank, bootless, capricious, casual, designless, desultory, disarticulated, discontinuous, disinclined to communicate, …
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INSIGNIFICANT — Synonyms and related words : aimless, back-burner, casual, cursory, depthless, designless, dinky, dispensable, empty, few, footling, garbled, immaterial, importless, inane, …
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INSIGNIFICANCE — Synonyms and related words : aimlessness, daintiness, dead letter, delicacy, diminutiveness, emptiness, empty sound, exiguity, exiguousness, fewness, futility, immateriality, inanity, …
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