Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

italicism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ital-i-cism
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language.

noun

The use of italics: italicization.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Alternative form of Italicism.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From Italic + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: Italic

Usage

Inflected Forms

Italicisms (plural)

Synonyms

Italianism

Questions

What does italicism mean?: A phrase or idiom peculiar to the Italian language.
Where does italicism come from?: From Italic + -ism.

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