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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.
[Latin Italicus, from Italia, Italy.]
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Translations
بالحُروف المائِلَه
kurzíva
bogstaver i kursiv
kurzív
skáletur
kurzíva
italik yazı
italics
[ɪˈtælɪks] NPL → cursiva f, (letra f) bastardilla fin italics → en cursiva, en bastardilla
my italics; the italics are mine → lo subrayado es mío
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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.
iˈtalicize, iˈtalicise (-saiz) verb to put (words) in italics.
iˈtalics noun plural italic print. This example is printed in italics.
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