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italics

italics noun: letters in an italic typeface. Also the plural of italic.

Noun

italics pl

  1. (plural, plural-only) Letters in an italic typeface.
    • There is no need to put the whole paragraph in italics.
    • [T]hey [the Catholics and Puritans] encumbered their verſion [of the Bible] with a load of uſeleſs Italics; often without the leaſt neceſſity, and almoſt always to the detriment of the text. In fact, either the words in Italics are virtually implied in the Hebrew, or they are not. In the former...1786, Alexander Geddes, Prospectus of a New Translation of the Holy Bible from Corrected Texts of the Originals, Compared with the Ancient Versions. […], Glasgow: Printed for the author, and sold by...

Also used as

italics is also the plural of italic.

italics meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Telugu

italics in Hindi

इटैलिक्स

italics in Marathi

इटॅलिक्स

italics in Bengali

ইটালিকস

italics in Telugu

ఇటాలిక్స్
More languagesFewer languages
italics in Malayalam
ഇറ്റാലിക്സ്
italics in Kannada
ಇಟಾಲಿಕ್ಸ್
italics in Punjabi
ਇਟੈਲਿਕਸ, ਇਟਾਲਿਕਸ
italics in Gujarati
ઇટાલિક્સ
italics in Odia
ଇଟାଲିକ୍ସ, ଇଟାଲିକ୍ସ୍
italics in Nepali
इटालिक्स

Questions about italics

What does italics mean?
Italics means letters in an italic typeface.
What is italics in Hindi?
Italics in Hindi is इटैलिक्स. See Italics meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is italics?
Italics is a noun.

Words near italics in the dictionary

  1. italicized
  2. italicizes
  3. italicizing
  4. italick
  5. italicks
  6. italics
  7. Italiot
  8. Italiote
  9. Italiotes
  10. Italiots
  11. Italish

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Adapted from Wiktionary: italics (page history and authors); italics (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); italics (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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