italic

UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations'italic', 'Italic': /ɪˈtælɪk/

US:USA pronunciation: IPAUSA pronunciation: IPA/ɪˈtælɪk, aɪˈtæl-/

US:USA pronunciation: respellingUSA pronunciation: respelling(i tal′ik, ī tal′-)



WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•tal•ic /ɪˈtælɪk, aɪˈtæl-/USA pronunciation   adj. 
  1. Printingbeing or relating to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right:This sentence is in italic type.

n. 
  1. PrintingOften, italics. italic type: [plural]She printed the report completely in italics.[uncountable]It was in italic.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
i•tal•ic  (i tal′ik, ī tal′-),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. Printingdesignating or pertaining to a style of printing types in which the letters usually slope to the right, patterned upon a compact manuscript hand, and used for emphasis, to separate different kinds of information, etc.:These words are in italic type.
  2. Place Names(cap.) of or pertaining to Italy, esp. ancient Italy or its tribes.

n. 
  1. PrintingOften, italics. italic type.
  2. Language Varieties(cap.) a branch of the Indo-European family of languages, including ancient Latin, Oscan, Umbrian, and modern Romance.
  • Greek Italikós, equivalent. to Ital(ía) Italy + -ikos -ic
  • Latin Italicus
  • 1555–65

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
italic /ɪˈtælɪk/ adj
  1. Also: Italian of, relating to, or denoting a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
 n
  1. a style of printing type modelled on this, chiefly used to indicate emphasis, a foreign word, etc
    Compare roman1
  2. (often plural) italic type or print
Etymology: 16th Century (after an edition of Virgil (1501) printed in Venice and dedicated to Italy): from Latin Italicus of Italy, from Greek Italikos
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Italic /ɪˈtælɪk/ n
  1. a branch of the Indo-European family of languages that includes many of the ancient languages of Italy, such as Venetic and the Osco-Umbrian group, Latin, which displaced them, and the Romance languages
 adj
  1. denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages, esp the extinct ones
'italic' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Aldus Manutius - ital. - italicize - Latin - roman - Romance - swash letter - Umbrian - v. - vector - Aldine - centum - Faliscan - finial - Indo-European - Italicism - kern - Kubla Khan - Latino-Faliscan - non-Italic - Oscan - Osco-Umbrian - Venetic - Sabellian - Sabine - swash

🗣️Forum discussions with the word(s) "italic" in the title:


Look up "italic" at Merriam-Webster
Look up "italic" at dictionary.com
  • Go to Preferences page and choose from different actions for taps or mouse clicks.

In other languages: Spanish | French | Italian | Portuguese | Romanian | German | Dutch | Swedish | Russian | Polish | Czech | Greek | Turkish | Chinese | Japanese | Korean | Arabic

Advertisements
Advertisements
Report an inappropriate ad.
WordReference.com
WORD OF THE DAY
GET THE DAILY EMAIL!

Become a WordReference Supporter to view the site ad-free.