Italic

//ɪˈtælɪk//

Synonyms for "italic" (90 found)

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Translations

102 translations across 35 languages.

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Armenian

4 entries
  • իտալական adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • իտալիկյան adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • իտալյան adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • շղագիր noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • курсивен adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • курсив noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Catalan

4 entries
  • cursiva adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • itàlic adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • itàlic adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • itàlic adj (pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 斜體的 /斜体的 adj (having a slant to the right)
  • 斜體 /斜体 noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Danish

1 entries
  • kursiv adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Dutch

3 entries
  • Italisch adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • Italisch adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • cursief adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • kursivo adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • oblikvo adj (having a slant to the right)

Faroese

2 entries
  • skráskrift noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)
  • skákskrift noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Finnish

4 entries
  • itaalinen adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • itaalinen adj (pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy)
  • italialainen adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • kursiivi adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

French

3 entries
  • italique adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • italique adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • italique noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Galician

1 entries
  • cursiva adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Georgian

4 entries
  • იტალიკური adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • იტალიკური adj (pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy)
  • იტალიკური name (Italic language)
  • იტალიკური ენა name (Italic language)

German

4 entries
  • italisch adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • italisch adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • kursiv adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • Italisch name (Italic language)

Greek

1 entries
  • πλάγιος χαρακτήρας noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • נָטוּי adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • dőlt adj (having a slant to the right)
  • kurzív adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • fornítalskur adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • skáletur noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • kursif adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • miring adj (having a slant to the right)
  • italik noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Irish

3 entries
  • iodálach adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • cló iodálach noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)
  • iodálaigh noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Italian

3 entries
  • corsiva adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • corsivo adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • italico adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)

Japanese

4 entries
  • イタリアの adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • イタリア語派の adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • イタリック adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • 斜体の adj (having a slant to the right)

Ladino

1 entries
  • italiko adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Manx

1 entries
  • iddaalagh adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Marathi

1 entries
  • इटॅलिक name (Italic language)

Māori

2 entries
  • nō Itari adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)
  • tuhi tītaha noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • kursiv adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)

Polish

2 entries
  • kursywa adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • kursywa noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • itálico adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • itálico noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Romanian

1 entries
  • italic adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)

Russian

3 entries
  • курси́вный adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • накло́нный adj (having a slant to the right)
  • курси́в noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • clò eadailteach adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • clò eadailteach noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Spanish

4 entries
  • bastardillo adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • cursivo adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • itálico adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • itálico adj (of or relating to the Italian peninsula)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kursiv adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • italiska språk name (Italic language)
  • kursiv noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Turkish

4 entries
  • eğik adj (having a slant to the right)
  • eğimli adj (having a slant to the right)
  • italik adj (designed to resemble a handwriting style)
  • italik noun (typeface whose letters slant to the right)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • італьський adj (pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family)
  • італьська мова name (Italic language)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

In a sans-serif font, skewing a word or phrase can create the appearance of italics, even when a real italic font is not available. The technique is less successful with serif fonts because the design of the roman letter "a" or "g", for example, usually differs from its italic version.

Source: tatoeba (9026334)

The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.

Source: wiktionary

Names of vessels, as the Kearsarge or the Alabama, are frequently put in italic.

Source: wiktionary

[…] ROBERT GRANJON, possibly in collaboration with CLAUDE GARAMOND, had created an italic which matched Garamond Roman.

Source: wiktionary

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.