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Italic

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I·tal·ic  (-tlk, -tl-)
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. Italic print or typeface. Often used in the plural.

[Latin Italicus, from Italia, Italy.]

italic [ɪˈtælɪk]
adj
Also Italian of, relating to, or denoting a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a style of printing type modelled on this, chiefly used to indicate emphasis, a foreign word, etc. Compare roman1
2. (Communication Arts / 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]

Italic [ɪˈtælɪk]
n
(Linguistics / 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
(Linguistics / Languages) denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages, esp the extinct ones
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Italicitalic - 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
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"
Translations
italic [ɪˈtælɪk] ADJ (Typ) → en cursiva or bastardilla

italic [ɪˈtælɪk]
adjitalique italics
nplitalique m
printed in italics → imprimé en italique

italic
adjkursiv; italic typeKursivdruck m; italic scriptKurrentschrift f
n italics
plKursivschrift f, → Kursive f; in italicskursiv (gedruckt)

italic [ɪˈtælɪk] adj (handwriting) → corsivo/a
italic [ɪˈtælɪk] adj (handwriting) → corsivo/a

italic
adj italic [iˈtӕlik, aiˈtalik]
(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 psaný kurzivou kursiv kursiv κυρτός, πλάγιος cursiva 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 cursief kursiv- kursywa itálico italic курсивный kurzíva kurziven kurzivan kursiv ตัวอักษรแบบตัวเอน eğik yazı, italik 斜體的 курсивний ترچھے حروف nghiêng
v iˈtalicize, iˈtalicise [-saiz]
to put (words) in italics. kursiveer يطبَع أو يَكتُب بالحَرْف المائِل печатам с курсив vysadit kurzívou skrive med kursiv in Kursiv drucken 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 cursiveren kursivere, utheve pisać kursywą 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
n pl iˈtalics
italic print This example is printed in italics. kursivering بالحُروف المائِلَه курсив kurzíva bogstaver i kursiv 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, cursief (gedrukt) kursiv(ert) kursywa itálico caractere italice курсив kurzíva kurziva kurziv kursivering, kursiverad stil ตัวอักษรแบบตัวเอน italik yazı 斜體字 курсив ترچھی چھپائی hình nghiêng


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I then commenced and continued copying the Italics in Webster's Spelling Book, until I could make them all without looking on the book.
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