cursive

English

Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɝsɪv/
• IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsɪv/

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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

• Catalan: cursiu
• French: cursif (fr)
• Georgian: გადაბმული (gadabmuli)
• Hungarian: folyóírással írott
• Italian: corsivo (it)
• Japanese: 筆記体 (hikkitai)
• Malay: berangkai
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• Norwegian: kursiv (no)
• Portuguese: cursivo
• Romanian: cursiv (ro)
• Russian: рукопи́сный (ru) (rukopísnyj), курси́вный (ru) (kursívnyj)
• Spanish: en cursiva
• Swedish: kursiv (sv), handskriven (sv)

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

Related terms

• course
• discursive
• incursive

Translations

character

• Bulgarian: курсив (bg) (kursiv)
• Catalan: cursiva (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 草書／草书 (zh) (cǎoshū), 草书 (zh) (cǎoshū)

• Dutch: cursief (nl) f
• Finnish: kaunokirjoitus (fi)
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• French: cursive (fr) f
• Indonesian: huruf sambung
• Japanese: 草書 (そうしょ, sōsho) - for kanji or kana; 筆記体 (ひっきたい, hikkitai) - for Latin or Greek letters, etc.
• Russian: рукопи́сный шрифт m (rukopísnyj šrift), ско́ропись (ru) f (skóropisʹ), курси́в (ru) m (kursív)

manuscript

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

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

See also

• handwriting
• italic
• longhand
• shorthand

Anagrams

• cruives, cuviers

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kyʁ.siv/

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