italic

I·tal·ic

 (ĭ-tăl′ĭk, ī-tăl′-)

adj.

1. Of or relating to ancient Italy or its peoples or cultures.

2. Of or relating to the branch of the Indo-European language family that includes Latin, Faliscan, Oscan, Umbrian, and the Romance languages.

3. italic Of or being a style of printing type patterned on a Renaissance script with the letters slanting to the right: This sentence is printed in italic type.

n.

1. The Italic branch of Indo-European.

2. often italics Italic print or typeface.

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[Latin Italicus, from Italia, Italy.]

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italic

(ɪˈtælɪk)

adj

Also: Italian of, relating to, or denoting a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

n

1. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a style of printing type modelled on this, chiefly used to indicate emphasis, a foreign word, etc. Compare roman¹

2. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (often plural) italic type or print

[C16 (after an edition of Virgil (1501) printed in Venice and dedicated to Italy): from Latin Italicus of Italy, from Greek Italikos]

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Italic

(ɪˈtælɪk)

n

(Languages) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes many of the ancient languages of Italy, such as Venetic and the Osco-Umbrian group, Latin, which displaced them, and the Romance languages

adj

(Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages, esp the extinct ones

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i•tal•ic

(ɪˈtæl ɪk, aɪˈtæl-)

adj.

1. designating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usu. slope to the right, used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.

2. (cap.) of or pertaining to ancient Italy and its peoples prior to the expansion of Rome in the 3rd to 1st centuries b.c.

n.

3. Often, italics. italic type.

4. (cap.) a family of languages, a branch of the Indo-European family, that was spoken in ancient Italy and includes Latin, Osco-Umbrian, and, in most classifications, Venetic.

[1555–65; < Latin Italicus < Greek]

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	italic - a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right cursive, cursive script, longhand, running hand - rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and are cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper
	2.	Italic - a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative Italic language Indo-European language, Indo-Hittite, Indo-European - the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia Osco-Umbrian - a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin Latin - any dialect of the language of ancient Rome
	3.	italic - a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right font, fount, typeface, face, case - a specific size and style of type within a type family
Adj.	1.	italic - characterized by slanting characters; "italic characters"
	2.	Italic - of or relating to the Italic languages; "ancient Italic dialects"

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Translations

حَرْف مائِل

psaný kurzivou

kursiv

kursiv

cursivacursivoitálicaletra itálica

italique

dõlt betû

skáletraîur

corsivoitalico

kursyvaskursyvinisparašyti kursyvu

kursīvs

kursiv-

курсивкурсивный

kursiv

eğik yazıitalik

斜体的

italic

[ɪˈtælɪk] ADJ (Typ) → en cursiva or bastardilla

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italic

[ɪˈtælɪk]

adj → italique italics

npl → italique m
printed in italics → imprimé en italique

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italic

adj → kursiv; italic type → Kursivdruck m; italic script → Kurrentschrift f

n italics

pl → Kursivschrift f, → Kursive f; in italics → kursiv (gedruckt)

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italic

[ɪˈtælɪk] adj (handwriting) → corsivo/a

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italic

(iˈtӕlik) , (aiˈtalik) adjective

(of print) of the sloping kind used eg to show emphasis and for the examples in this dictionary. This example is printed in italic type. kursivering حَرْف مائِل курсивен itálico psaný kurzivou kursiv kursiv κυρτός, πλάγιοςcursiva kursiiv- برجسته؛ ایتالیک kursivoitu italique אוֹתִיוֹת נְטוּיוֹת तिरछा kurzivan dőlt (betű) huruf miring skáletraður corsivo イタリック体の 이탤릭체의 kursyvinis kursīvs huruf condong cursiefkursiv-kursywa غټ خط، په كمپيوټر كښې يو ډول خط itálico italic курсивный kurzíva kurziven kurzivan kursiv ตัวอักษรแบบตัวเอน eğik yazı, italik 斜體的 курсивний ترچھے حروف nghiêng 斜体的

iˈtalicize, iˈtalicise (-saiz) verb

to put (words) in italics. kursiveer يطبَع أو يَكتُب بالحَرْف المائِل печатам с курсив pôr em itálico vysadit kurzívou in Kursiv drucken skrive med kursiv γράφω με πλάγια γράμματα poner en cursiva kursiivkirja panema با حروف ایتالیک نوشتن kursivoida mettre en italique לִכתוֹב בְּאוֹתִיוֹת נְטוּיוֹת मदवार kurzivirati dőlt betűvel (v. kurzívval) szed/nyomtat membuat huruf miring skáletra mettere in corsivo イタリック体にする 이탤릭체를 사용하다 parašyti kursyvu iespiest/salikt kursīvā menulis dengan huruf condong cursiverenkursivere, utheve pisać kursywą په ايټاليك ډول ليكل pôr em itálico a tipări cu italice/cu caractere cursive выделять курсивом vysádzať kurzívou tiskati v kurzivi štampati kurzivom kursivera พิมพ์ด้วยตัวเอน italikleştirmek 用斜體字表示 виділяти курсивом ترچھے حروف میں لکھنا in nghiêng 用斜体字印刷

iˈtalics noun plural

italic print. This example is printed in italics. kursivering بالحُروف المائِلَه курсив itálico kurzíva kursiv bogstaver i kursiv πλάγια στοιχεία cursiva kursiivkiri حروف ایتالیک kursivoitu teksti italique בְּאוֹתִיוֹת נְטוּיוֹת तिरछे अक्षर kurziv dőlt, kurzív (betű) italik skáletur corsivo イタリック体 이탤릭체 kursyvas kursīvs huruf condong met cursieve letter, cursiefkursivkursywa ايټاليك تګى itálico caractere italice курсив kurzíva kurziva kurziv kursivering, kursiverad stil ตัวอักษรแบบตัวเอน italik yazı 斜體字 курсив ترچھی چھپائی hình nghiêng 斜体，斜体字

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