cursive

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 (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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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/

• Audio

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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