Italic

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.]

Type style with characters slanted upward to the right, used to emphasize a word or passage. The proofreader symbol for italics is a straight underline. The use of italics is not recommended for long passages of text because this typeface is not as easy to read as roman. Roman type, with upright, straight characters, is the more common typeface used for text. laser printers have made the use of italic typeface in direct-mail promotions easier than ever because these printers are able to print personalized (see personalization) promotion letters using a combination of type styles.

Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right

Meaning #2: a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right

---

The adjective italic has one meaning:

Meaning #1: characterized by slanting characters
  Pertains to noun: italic (meaning #3)

---

This entry is from Wikipedia, the leading user-contributed encyclopedia. It may not have been reviewed by professional editors (see full disclaimer)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - kursiv
n. - kursiv

adj. - italisk
n. - italer, italiker

Français (French)
adj. - italique
n. - italique

adj. - italique
n. - (Ling) italique

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kursivschrift
adj. - kursiv

adj. - kursiv
n. - Italisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (τυπογρ.) στοιχείο πλάγιας γραφής
adj. - κυρτός, πλάγιος

Italiano (Italian)
corsivo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - tipo itálico (m) (Tipogr.)
adj. - itálico

Русский (Russian)
курсивный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bastardilla, cursiva
n. - letra bastardilla, letra cursiva

adj. - itálico
n. - itálico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - kursiv(ering), kursivstil
adj. - (forn)italisk, kursiv (typogr.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
古意大利人的, 意大利语族的, 意大利语族

斜体的, 斜体字

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 古意大利人的, 意大利語族的
n. - 義大利語族

adj. - 斜體的
n. - 斜體字

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 이탤릭체의, 이탈리아의
n. - 이탤릭체 , 이탈리아어계

adj. - 옛 이탈리아의, 옛 이탈리아인의, 옛 이탈리아어의
n. - 옛 이탈리아, 옛 이탈리아인, 옛 이탈리아어

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - イタリック体, イタリック語派, イタリック
adj. - イタリック体の, 古代イタリアの

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮של האלפבית המשופע‬
n. - ‮כתב קורסיב (משופע), אות בכתב המשופע, אותיות מוטות‬
adj. - ‮של איטליה העתיקה‬
n. - ‮ענף במשפחת הלשונות ההודו-אירופיות הכולל את הלטינית, פליסקית, אוסקו-אומברית, ונטית‬

If you are unable to view some languages clearly, click here.

To select your translation preferences click here.