I prefer to write in cursive.
Source: tatoeba (398547)
Cursive
//ˈkɝsɪv//
Synonyms for "cursive" (54 found)
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Closest matches (11)
Strong matches (16)
Related words (27)
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1 entriesSynonyms
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7 entriesderived
10 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
63 translations across 25 languages.
Armenian
1 entries- ձեռագիր adj (having successive letters joined together)
Belarusian
1 entries- курсіўны adj (having successive letters joined together)
Bulgarian
1 entries- курсив noun (character)
Catalan
2 entries- cursiu adj (having successive letters joined together)
- cursiva noun (character)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 草書 /草书 adj (having successive letters joined together)
- 手寫體 /手写体 noun (character)
- 草書 /草书 noun (character)
- 草書 /草书 noun (joined-up handwriting)
Dutch
2 entries- cursief noun (character)
- cursiefje noun (manuscript)
Finnish
2 entries- kaunokirjoitus noun (joined-up handwriting)
- kursiivi noun (character)
French
3 entries- attaché adj (having successive letters joined together)
- cursif adj (having successive letters joined together)
- cursive noun (character)
Georgian
1 entries- გადაბმული adj (having successive letters joined together)
German
4 entries- kursiv adj (having successive letters joined together)
- Kursivbuchstabe noun (character)
- Kursivschrift noun (joined-up handwriting)
- Schreibschrift noun (joined-up handwriting)
Hungarian
1 entries- folyóírással írott adj (having successive letters joined together)
Indonesian
4 entries- kursif adj (having successive letters joined together)
- miring adj (having successive letters joined together)
- huruf sambung noun (character)
- kursif noun (character)
Italian
1 entries- corsivo adj (having successive letters joined together)
Japanese
4 entries- 筆記体 adj (having successive letters joined together)
- 筆記体 noun (character)
- 草書 noun (character)
- 草書 noun (manuscript)
Korean
1 entries- 필기체 noun (character)
Malay
1 entries- berangkai adj (having successive letters joined together)
Norwegian
2 entries- kursiv adj (having successive letters joined together)
- løkkeskrift noun (joined-up handwriting)
Polish
1 entries- kursywa noun (character)
Portuguese
1 entries- cursivo adj (having successive letters joined together)
Romanian
1 entries- cursiv adj (having successive letters joined together)
Russian
4 entries- курси́вный adj (having successive letters joined together)
- рукопи́сный adj (having successive letters joined together)
- курси́в noun (character)
- ру́копись noun (manuscript)
Spanish
4 entries- corrida adj (having successive letters joined together)
- cursiva adj (having successive letters joined together)
- en cursiva adj (having successive letters joined together)
- cursiva noun (joined-up handwriting)
Swedish
3 entries- handskriven adj (having successive letters joined together)
- kursiv adj (having successive letters joined together)
- skrivstil noun (joined-up handwriting)
Turkish
3 entries- italik adj (having successive letters joined together)
- el yazısı noun (character)
- el yazısı noun (joined-up handwriting)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viết thảo adj (having successive letters joined together)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I was amazed to learn that fewer and fewer young people can write in cursive.
Source: tatoeba (719926)
I can't read cursive, so could you write in block letters, please?
Source: tatoeba (2285993)
I gotta learn how to write in cursive.
Source: tatoeba (4752572)
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