cursive

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French cursif, from Medieval Latin cursīvus, from Latin cursus. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkɝsɪv/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɜːsɪv/ Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)sɪv === Adjective === cursive (comparative more cursive, superlative most cursive) Running; flowing. (of writing) Having successive letters joined together. (grammar) Of or relating to a grammatical aspect relating to an action that occurs in a straight line (in space or time). Coordinate terms: (contrastive) stative, constative, perfect; (noncontrastive) progressive, imperfect, durative cursive aspect ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === cursive (countable and uncountable, plural cursives) (countable) A cursive character, letter or font. (countable) A manuscript written in cursive characters. (uncountable) Joined-up handwriting. Antonym: printing Hypernym: handwriting ==== Antonyms ==== print ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== course discursive incursive ==== Translations ==== === See also === handwriting italic longhand shorthand === Anagrams === cruives, cuviers == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kyʁ.siv/ === Noun === cursive f (plural cursives) cursive letter === Adjective === cursive feminine singular of cursif === Further reading === “cursive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === cuivres, cuivrés