cursive

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

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkɝsɪv/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkɜːsɪv/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv

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).

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.

   Antonym: printing

   Hypernym: handwriting

• print

• course
• discursive
• incursive

• handwriting
• italic
• longhand
• shorthand

• cruives, cuviers

• IPA^(key): /kyʁ.siv/

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cursive f (plural cursives)

1. cursive letter

cursive

1. feminine singular of cursif

• “cursive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cuivres, cuivrés