cursive

EnglishEdit

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cursive

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus. By surface analysis, curse +‎ -ive.

PronunciationEdit

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝsɪv/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsɪv/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

AdjectiveEdit

A letter written in a cursive hand

cursive (comparative more cursive, superlative most cursive)

Running; flowing.
(of writing) Having successive letters joined together.
(grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time).

TranslationsEdit

having successive letters joined together

Armenian: ձեռագիր (hy) (jeṙagir)
Catalan: cursiu
Chinese:
Mandarin: 草書／草书 (zh) (cǎoshū)
French: cursif (fr), attaché (fr)
Georgian: გადაბმული (gadabmuli)
German: kursiv (de)
Hungarian: folyóírással írott
Indonesian: kursif (id), miring (id)
Italian: corsivo (it)
Japanese: 筆記体 (ja) (hikkitai)
Malay: berangkai
Norwegian: kursiv (no)
Portuguese: cursivo (pt)
Romanian: cursiv (ro)
Russian: рукопи́сный (ru) (rukopísnyj), курси́вный (ru) (kursívnyj)
Spanish: en cursiva
Swedish: kursiv (sv), handskriven (sv)
Turkish: italik (tr)

NounEdit

cursive (countable and uncountable, plural cursives)

(countable) A cursive character, letter or font.
(countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters.
(uncountable) Joined-up handwriting.

AntonymsEdit

print

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

TranslationsEdit

character

Bulgarian: курсив (bg) (kursiv)
Catalan: cursiva (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 草書／草书 (zh) (cǎoshū), 手寫體／手写体 (zh) (shǒuxiětǐ)
Dutch: cursief (nl) f
Finnish: kursiivi (fi)
French: cursive (fr) f
German: Kursivbuchstabe m
Indonesian: huruf sambung, kursif (id)
Japanese: 草書 (そうしょ, sōsho) - for kanji or kana; 筆記体 (ja) (ひっきたい, hikkitai) - for Latin or Greek letters, etc.
Polish: kursywa (pl) f
Russian: рукопи́сный шрифт m (rukopísnyj šrift), ско́ропись (ru) f (skóropisʹ), курси́в (ru) m (kursív)
Turkish: el yazısı (tr)

manuscript

Dutch: cursiefje (nl)
Indonesian: tulisan sambung
Japanese: 草書 (そうしょ, sōsho) - for kanji or kana.
Russian: ру́копись (ru) f (rúkopisʹ)

joined-up handwriting

Chinese:
Mandarin: 草書／草书 (zh) (cǎoshū)
Finnish: kaunokirjoitus (fi)
German: Schreibschrift (de) f, Kursivschrift (de) f, Verbundschrift f, kursive Schrift f, fließende Handschrift f
Norwegian: løkkeskrift (no) m or f
Swedish: skrivstil (sv) c
Turkish: el yazısı (tr)

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