italicize

English

Alternative forms

• italicise (Commonwealth)

Etymology

Etymology tree

English italic

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor.

Late Latin -izōder.

Middle French -iserbor.

Middle English -isen

English -ize

English italicize

From italic + -ize.

Pronunciation

• enPR: ĭ-tăl'ĭ-sīz', IPA^(key): /ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/

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Verb

italicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized) (transitive)

1. (typography) To put into italics.

   Coordinate terms: bold, boldface, embolden, strike through, underline

2. (figuratively) To emphasize.

Derived terms

• deitalicize
• italicization
• unitalicize

Translations

to put into italics

• Danish: kursivere
• Dutch: cursiveren (nl)
• Finnish: kursivoida (fi)
• French: italiciser (fr)
• Hungarian: kurzivál (hu)
• Ido: kursivigar (io)
• Māori: whakaitāriana
• Polish: pochylać (pl), pisać kursywą
• Portuguese: grifar (pt)
• Spanish: italiquizar, italicizar, poner en cursiva, escribir en bastardilla, teclear en itálica
• Swedish: kursivera (sv)

Portuguese

Verb

italicize

1. inflection of italicizar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative