cursive

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• General-American: /ˈkɝsɪv/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɜːsɪv/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv
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Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ձեռագիր (jeṙagir) — having successive letters joined together
• Belarusian: курсіўны (kursiwny) — having successive letters joined together
• Catalan: cursiu — having successive letters joined together
• Chinese Mandarin: 草書 /草书 (cǎoshū) — having successive letters joined together
• French: cursif — having successive letters joined together
• French: attaché — having successive letters joined together
• Georgian: გადაბმული (gadabmuli) — having successive letters joined together
• German: kursiv — having successive letters joined together
• Hungarian: folyóírással írott — having successive letters joined together
• Indonesian: kursif — having successive letters joined together
• Indonesian: miring — having successive letters joined together
• Italian: corsivo — having successive letters joined together
• Japanese: 筆記体 (hikkitai) — having successive letters joined together
• Malay: berangkai — having successive letters joined together
• Norwegian: kursiv — having successive letters joined together
• Portuguese: cursivo — having successive letters joined together
• Romanian: cursiv — having successive letters joined together
• Russian: рукопи́сный (rukopísnyj) — having successive letters joined together
• Russian: курси́вный (kursívnyj) — having successive letters joined together
• Spanish: en cursiva — having successive letters joined together
• Spanish: cursiva — having successive letters joined together
• Spanish: corrida — having successive letters joined together
• Turkish: italik — having successive letters joined together
• Vietnamese: viết thảo — having successive letters joined together
• Bulgarian: курсив (kursiv) — character
• Catalan: cursiva — character
• Chinese Mandarin: 草書 /草书 (cǎoshū) — character
• Chinese Mandarin: 手寫體 /手写体 (shǒuxiětǐ) — character
• Dutch: schrijfletter — character
• Dutch: cursief — character
• Finnish: kursiivi — character
• French: cursive — character
• German: Kursivbuchstabe — character
• Indonesian: huruf sambung — character
• Indonesian: kursif — character
• Japanese: 草書 (sōsho) — character
• Japanese: 筆記体 (hikkitai) — character
• Korean: 필기체 (pilgiche) — character
• Polish: kursywa — character
• Russian: рукопи́сный шрифт (rukopísnyj šrift) — character
• Russian: ско́ропись (skóropisʹ) — character
• Russian: курси́в (kursív) — character
• Spanish: letra cursiva — character
• Spanish: letra corrida — character
• Turkish: el yazısı — character
• Dutch: cursiefje — manuscript
• Indonesian: tulisan sambung — manuscript
• Japanese: 草書 (sōsho) — manuscript
• Russian: ру́копись (rúkopisʹ) — manuscript
• Chinese Mandarin: 草書 /草书 (cǎoshū) — joined-up handwriting
• Finnish: kaunokirjoitus — joined-up handwriting
• German: Schreibschrift — joined-up handwriting
• German: Kursivschrift — joined-up handwriting
• German: Verbundschrift — joined-up handwriting
• German: kursive Schrift — joined-up handwriting
• German: fließende Handschrift — joined-up handwriting
• Norwegian: løkkeskrift — joined-up handwriting
• Spanish: cursiva — joined-up handwriting
• Spanish: letra cursiva — joined-up handwriting
• Spanish: letra corrida — joined-up handwriting
• Swedish: skrivstil — joined-up handwriting
• Turkish: el yazısı — joined-up handwriting