cursive

English

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Etymology

Latin cursivus, from cursum.

Adjective

A letter written in a cursive hand

cursive (comparative more cursive, superlative most cursive)

1. Running; flowing.
2. Having successive letters joined together.

Translations

having successive letters joined together

• Dutch: cursief (nl)
• French: cursif (fr)
• German: kursiv (de)
• Italian: corsivo (it)

• Japanese: 筆記体 (ja) (hikkitai)
• Norwegian: kursiv (no)
• Romanian: cursiv (ro)
• Russian: рукописный (ru) (rukopísnyj), курсивный (ru) (kursívnyj)

Noun

cursive (plural cursives)

1. A cursive character, letter or font.
2. A manuscript written in cursive characters.

Translations

character

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草書 (cmn), 草书 (cmn) (cǎoshū)

• Dutch: cursief (nl) f
• French: cursive (fr) f

• Japanese: 草書 (ja) (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.
• Russian: рукописный шрифт (ru) (rukopísnyj šrift) m, скоропись (ru) (skóropis’) f, курсив (ru) (kursív) m

manuscript

• Dutch: cursiefje (nl)
• Japanese: 草書 (ja) (そうしょ, sōsho) - for kanji or kana.

• Russian: рукописный шрифт (ru) (rukopísnyj šrift) m, курсив (ru) (kursív) m

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• Bulgarian: курсив (bg) (kursiv)
• German: Kursivschrift (de) f
• Italian: corsivo (it) m

Antonyms

• print

Derived terms

• cursively
• cursiveness

See also

• handwriting
• italic
• longhand
• shorthand

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kyʁ.siv/

Noun

cursive f (plural cursives)

1. cursive letter

Adjective

cursive

1. feminine form of cursif

Anagrams

• cuivres, cuivrés