ITALIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does Italic mean?
• ITALIC (noun)
The noun ITALIC has 3 senses:
1. a style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
2. a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
3. a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Familiarity information: ITALIC used as a noun is uncommon.
• ITALIC (adjective)
The adjective ITALIC has 2 senses:
1. characterized by slanting characters
2. of or relating to the Italic languages
Familiarity information: ITALIC used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• ITALIC (noun)
Meaning:
A style of handwriting with the letters slanting to the right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("italic" is a kind of...):
cursive; cursive script; longhand; running hand (rapid handwriting in which letters are set down in full and cursively connected within words without lifting the writing implement from the paper)
Meaning:
A branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Italic language; Italic
Hypernyms ("Italic" is a kind of...):
Indo-European; Indo-European language; Indo-Hittite (the family of languages that by 1000 BC were spoken throughout Europe and in parts of southwestern and southern Asia)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Italic"):
Osco-Umbrian (a group of dead languages of ancient Italy; they were displace by Latin)
Latin (any dialect of the language of ancient Rome)
Meaning:
A typeface with letters slanting upward to the right
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("italic" is a kind of...):
face; font; fount; typeface (a specific size and style of type within a type family)
• ITALIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Characterized by slanting characters
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
italic characters
Pertainym:
italic (a typeface with letters slanting upward to the right)
Meaning:
Of or relating to the Italic languages
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
ancient Italic dialects
Pertainym:
Italic (a branch of the Indo-European languages of which Latin is the chief representative)
