cursive

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝsɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsɪv/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

Adjective

A letter written in a cursive hand

cursive (comparative more cursive, superlative most cursive)

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

Translations

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)

Noun

cursive (countable and uncountable, plural cursives)

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

Antonyms

• print

Derived terms

• cursively
• cursiveness
• Roman cursive

 

Related terms

• course
• discursive
• incursive

Translations

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 (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.
• 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 (ja) (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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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} corsivo (it) m

See also

• handwriting
• italic
• longhand
• shorthand

Anagrams

• cruives, cuviers

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyʁ.siv/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

cursive f (plural cursives)

1. cursive letter

Adjective

cursive

1. feminine singular of cursif

Further reading

• “cursive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cuivres, cuivrés