italicize

English edit

Alternative forms edit

italicise (Commonwealth)

Etymology edit

From italic +‎ -ize.

Pronunciation edit

enPR: ĭ-tăl'ĭ-sīz'

Verb edit

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized) (transitive)

(typography) To put into italics.
(figuratively) To emphasize.

Derived terms edit

Translations edit

to put into italics

Danish: kursivere
Dutch: cursiveren (nl)
Finnish: kursivoida (fi)
Hungarian: kurzivál (hu)
Ido: kursivigar (io)
Maori: whakaitāriana
Portuguese: grifar
Swedish: kursivera (sv)