Italic

See also: italic

English

Etymology

Via Latin ītalicus from Ancient Greek Ἰταλικός (Italikós), from Ἰταλία (Italía, “Italy”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtalɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɪˈtælɪk/

Adjective

Italic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to the Italian peninsula.
2. (Indo-European studies) Pertaining to a subfamily of the Centum branch of the Indo-European language family, that includes Latin and other languages (as Oscan, Umbrian) spoken by the peoples of ancient Italy
   1. (dated) Osco-Umbrian; an extinct branch of such language family, which excludes the Latino-Faliscan languages

      Synonyms: Osco-Umbrian, Sabellic, Sabellian

      The ancient Italic languages that are now extinct include Oscan, Umbrian, and South Picene.

3. (historical) Pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy before the establishment of the Roman Empire, or to any of several alphabet systems used by those peoples.

   There were several Italic alphabets, one being the Etruscan alphabet.

Derived terms

• Gallo-Italic

Translations

of or relating to the Italian peninsula

• Catalan: itàlic
• Dutch: Italisch (nl)
• Finnish: italialainen (fi)
• French: italique (fr) m or f
• German: italisch (de)
• Italian: italico (it) m
• Japanese: イタリアの (itariano)
• Maori: nō Itari
• Romanian: italic (ro)
• Spanish: itálico (es)

pertaining to a subfamily of a branch of the Indo-European language family

• Armenian: իտալյան (italyan), իտալիկյան (italikyan), իտալական (hy) (italakan)
• Catalan: itàlic
• Dutch: Italisch (nl)
• Finnish: itaalinen
• Georgian: იტალიკური (iṭaliḳuri)
• German: italisch (de)
• Japanese: イタリア語派の (itaria goha no)
• Ukrainian: італьський (italʹsʹkyj)

Osco-Umbrian — see Osco-Umbrian

pertaining to various peoples that lived in Italy

• Catalan: itàlic
• Finnish: itaalinen
• Georgian: იტალიკური (iṭaliḳuri)

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• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} italisk (sv)

Proper noun

Italic

1. The Italic family taken as a whole.

   The centum families include Celtic, Germanic, Greek, and Italic.

Translations

Italic language

• Catalan: itàlic m
• Finnish: itaalinen kieli
• Georgian: იტალიკური (iṭaliḳuri), იტალიკური ენა (iṭaliḳuri ena)
• German: Italisch n
• Japanese: イタリック語派 (ja) (itarikku goha)
• Swedish: italiska språk (sv)
• Ukrainian: італьська мова f (italʹsʹka mova)

See also

• italic
• italics