Italic

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.

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[Latin Italicus, from Italia, Italy.]

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italic

Adjective

of a style of printing type in which the characters slant to the right

Noun, pl

italics italic type or print, used for emphasis [Latin Italicus of Italy (where it was first used)]

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"

Translations

italic [ɪˈtælɪk] adj → cursivo;

italics npl → cursiva sg

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italic [ɪˈtælɪk] adj → italique

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italic [ɪˈtælɪk] adj → corsivo/a;

italics npl → corsivo